Lord Mountbatten’s assassination shocks royal family in 1979 Louis Mountbatten was very influential in the Royal Family as the Queen’s third cousin, Prince Philip’s uncle and a mentor to Prince Charles. The Crown season four features his assassination in episode one, focusing
Mountbatten was the Queen’s third cousin, Prince Philip’s uncle and Prince Charles’ mentor. The Crown highlights his key role in the Royal Family and his significant influence over both Philip and Charles. In season four of the Netflix drama, released last month, Prince
Lord Mountbatten was the Queen’s third cousin, Prince Philip’s uncle and Prince Charles’ mentor and surrogate grandfather. He was murdered by the IRA in 1979, along with his 14-year-old grandson, his daughter’s husband’s mother, and a 15-year-old school boy who was helping
Provisional IRA bombmaker Thomas McMahon was tried for the killing of Lord Mountbatten, Nicholas Knatchbull, Paul Maxwell and The Dowager Baroness Brabourne. On November 23, 1979, he was convicted following the uncovering of forensic evidence which showed flecks of green paint from