Referred to as Uncle Dickie by many characters in the series, he was an important figurehead in the Royal Family. His death in 1979 was a shock to the family, and the country, and came during the ...

The Day Mountbatten Died, to be broadcast on Monday 19 August, BBC Two network and BBC One Northern Ireland at 9pm, features interviews with Lord Mountbatten’s granddaughter India Hicks, who was ...

Lord Mountbatten and his family fishing from his boat Shadow V in 1970 Credit: Alamy. It ripped the boat apart and killed Prince Philip's uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten, 79; his 14-year-old grandson ...

Prince Philip's close relative Lord Mountbatten (aka Uncle Dickie) serves as a mentor to Prince Charles in The Crown, but what was he like in real life? Here's everything you need to know about ...

Since Lord Mountbatten was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria, he was Queen Elizabeth’s second cousin once removed. Meanwhile, Lord Mountbatten was Prince Philip’s maternal uncle.

On a late summer morning in 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten -- cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, ... Lady Brabourne died the next day of her injuries. It was not an accident.

Born Penelope Meredith Mary Eastwood, she took on the title after she married Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burmam, son and heir of the 2 nd Countess of Mountbatten of Burma, in ...