#Louis Mountbatten

[thecrownnetflixuk]

Reminder that Erin Doherty deserves her own series as Princess Anne of Sassingham Palace.

The Crown 3x09: Imbroglio

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Prince Philip talking with Lord Louis Mountbatten about the Royal Navy and the World War II.

[ladygoehnio]

little dickie & his mutter princess victoria of hesse and by rhine in a field of daisies🌼

[royal-confessions]

“it disgusts me how the media has so much to say about Prince Andrew but is all quiet when it comes to all of Mounbatten's dirty secrets. There is a lot of evidence and accounts of him with young boys. He was very sick.” - Submitted by Anonymous

“Queen Mum was right to try and keep Charles away from Louis Mountbatten. The man was known to have several accusations and rumors against him concerning little boys, grooming, and young courtiers. He was a sex pest. What is it with Charles always linked to pedos somehow?” - Submitted by Anonymous

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[the-last-tsar]

Alix with Olga, Tatiana, George Mountbatten and the baby (probably Louis Mountbatten or Anastasia).

(source: 📷)

[ykzzr]

Little Dickie with his bear 1904. A childhood photo of Prince Louis Mountbatten 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.

[loiladadiani]

The Husbands of the Four Graces

Some time ago, I read a very interesting book about Queen Victoria's Hessian Granddaughters (Victoria, Elizabeth, Irene, and Alix.) The title was "The Four Graces," and ever since I read it, that is the way I think about the daughters of Grand Duke of Louis IV of Hesse and by Rhine and the beautiful princess Alice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, second daughter of Queen Victoria.

These young women were among the most marriageable princesses of their generation. They were beautiful, accomplished and Queen Victoria's granddaughters. There was no need to look for husbands for them. Among their suitors could be found future Kaisers, Tsars and Kings of England even though it was well known that any or all of the princesses could be carriers of hemophilia (inherited from their august grandmother Victoria.) Their sons might be bleeders. One of their brother's had been, therefore Princess Alice, their mother, had been a carrier.

The four men they married appear in the first photograph above; one marquess, one prince, one grand duke, and one Emperor (all of them very handsome):

👑Louis Mountbatten, first Marques of Milford Heaven (the man all the way to the left on the picture) married Princess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie of Hesse and By Rhine. Victoria and Louis had two sons and neither one of them had hemophillia.

👑The Hohenzollern Prince and brother of the German Keiser, Prince Heinrich of Prussia (the man to the right of Mountbatten in the photograph) married Princess Irene Luise Marie Anne of Hesse and By Rhine. They were first cousins since Heinrich was the son of Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, the Princess Royal, who was the older sister of Princess Alice. They had three sons. Two out of the three had hemophilia. One died in childhood of causes related to that disease.

👑 Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (the man to the right of Prince Heinrich) married Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Louise Alice of Hesse and by Rhine. Sergei and Elizabeth had no children.

👑The soon-to-be Tsar Nicholas II of Russia married Alix Viktoria Helene Luise Beatrix. Alix had one son, and he had hemophilia. (gcl)

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Charlie Chaplin and Louis Mountbatten at Pickfair (home of Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks)where Charlie made the film "Nice and Friendly" as a wedding present for Louis and his wife Edwina in 1922.

Louis Mountbatten born a prince as the great grandson of Queen Victoria eventually becoming Earl Mountbatten of Burma. He was the uncle of Prince Phillip and "honorary grandfather" of now reigning King Charles III and they were extremely close, Charles devastated when he was assassinated in 1979.

[worldoftheromanovs]

Olga Nikolaevna, Irene of Prussia, Eleonore of Hesse, Louise of Battenberg, Waldemar and Louis Mountbatten onboard the Standart July-August, 1909

[philibetexcerpts]

Princess Alice wrote a letter to Lord Louis Mountbatten relaying Princess Louise’s report on the Edinburghs, following the birth of her grandson, Prince Charles.

“She says that Lilibet was looking so well & fresh, a good recovery after a hard time she had, 30 hours in all. The baby is sweet with a well-shaped head, an oval face & a little bit of fair fluff of hair. She says he is like Philip, but Marina says he is like Lilibet, so you can choose. I am so happy for Philip for he adores children & also small babies. He carries it about himself quite professionally to the nurse’s amusement.”

[ladygoehnio]

A selection of postcards sent at Christmas and Easter by the Russian Imperial Family from Lord Louis Mountbatten's collection.

Anastasia: 17 May 1910 My darling Dick, I want to see you. What kind of weather are you having? Are you all alone in London? When shall you see your sisters? I wish you were here so that we could play together. Olga Tatiana and Marie send their love and many kisses to you and all. From your loving Anastasia

Alexei: For dear Dicky. From Alexei 1910

Tatiana: Darling Dicky, How are you now? I hope you feel better n(and?) can go to (?), Please write to me how you are. We were all in the (?)it was very nice. Now good-bye.(The last card is from Alix the Tsarina and actually I have no idea about the rest handwriting😅😭🏃)

[royal-confessions]

“IDK why but Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth remind me so, so much of Louis Mountbatten and Grand Duchess Maria.” - Submitted by Anonymous

[heir-less]

Anons in my inbox always do this with terrible historical figures who have tragic endings, from Nicholas II to Louis Mountbatten. They decry the innocence of those who died alongside him, while conveniently ignoring the historical context of why the violence happened to begin with. It's frustrating because Mountbatten is 1000% responsible for the violent deaths of probably over a hundred innocent families, and we never hear about them. His tenure as Viceroy of India oversaw countless crimes against humanity.

Mountbatten knew the dangers of taking his family to Northern Ireland and choose to do it anyways. I'm not going to feel bad for a rapist pedophile war criminal because he was assassinated, sorry for having standards. I do however feel bad that his family became collateral damage for an act of political violence, but stuff like that doesn't turn Mountbatten into a martyr. It turns him into someone who fucked around and found out.

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Louis Mountbatten

[ykzzr]

Prince Louis of Battenberg ( Lord Mountbatten ) 1904