Aristocrat, army hero, diplomat, inventor. Lord Louis Mountbatten, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, wore many hats. Or he did until his untimely end, when the Irish Republican Army took him out ...

When Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, died in her sleep amid the jungles of North Borneo in 1960, she was found surrounded by letters. Not, as one may expect, from her husband, the ...

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Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, was a British Royal Navy officer and statesman. He was also the maternal uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of ...