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

On a late summer morning in 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten -- cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, World War II hero, last viceroy of India -- set off on his fishing boat from the coast of Ireland after ...

The bomb ripped apart the boat and killed Lord Louis Mountbatten, 79, instantly. All on board were blown into the water, and when Mountbatten’s body was found face-down, his legs were said to ...

Lord Louis Mountbatten circa 1930 ... Wreckage of Shadow V, Mountbatten’s boat. Patricia Knatchbull, Mountbatten’s daughter, who was aboard the boat and survived the blast, spoke in the ...

Unearthed letter reveals Prince Philip was 'so bitter' after IRA murdered his uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten with boat bomb. By TOM COTTERILL. Published: 07:23 EDT, 16 January 2025 | Updated: 07:42 ...

Explosive claims in a new book about an alleged paedophile ring in a boy’s home in Belfast has revealed that some boys were ...

On a late summer morning in 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten — cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, World War II hero, last viceroy of India — set off on his fishing boat from the coast of Ireland after ...

In 1979, IRA militants killed Louis Mountbatten, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of England, by blowing up his boat. It was the IRA's first attack on the royal family. In 1999, two Russian ...

On This Day: Louis Mountbatten assassinated On Aug. 27, 1979, IRA militants killed Louis Mountbatten, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II of England, by blowing up his boat.