The carriage was last seen in 1979 for the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, Lord Mountbatten, and it will be drawn by 142 sailors from the Royal Navy. King Charles III will walk behind ...
the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, wore many hats. Or he did until his untimely end, when the Irish Republican Army took him out in 1979. Though his royal relatives loved Mountbatten, there are ...
Lord Mountbatten was tragically killed by the IRA in 1979 while fishing with his family in Ireland. Freddy’s ties to royalty also include his great-great-grandfather Prince Louis of Battenberg ...
The book, which is due to be published on Thursday, comes ahead of the 40th anniversary of Mountbatten's death in 1979. Lord Mountbatten was killed when the IRA blew up his yacht at his summer ...