The Scandalous Life of Lady Edwina Mountbatten.
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Dive into the scandalous life and tumultuous marriage of Lady Edwina Mountbatten, born Edwina Ashley, who navigated the stormy seas of British high society with grace and defiance. From her birth into immense wealth and privilege to her restless search for purpose amidst glittering parties and secret lovers, Edwina's story is one of stark contrasts: opulence and despair, fidelity and betrayal, love and loss. Marrying Louis Mountbatten, a member of the British royal family, only amplified the drama, as their open secret of infidelities and passionate liaisons scandalized society and enraged both King George and Winston Churchill.
Discover the depths of Edwina's personal life, including her legendary affair with Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, during the historic partition of India. Learn about her close connections with prominent figures like Gloria Vanderbilt, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Wallis Simpson. Witness how Edwina found moments of profound meaning and courage during the turbulent years of World War II and her daring humanitarian efforts.
Explore her legendary affairs with notable figures like Leslie Hutchinson and Bunny Phillips, and the enduring bond with her husband, Louis, despite their separate pursuits. Packed with expert interviews, archival footage, and stunning visuals, this documentary offers an in-depth look at Edwina’s extraordinary journey. Join us as we uncover the layers of her life, from the glittering halls of Mayfair to the turmoil of partitioned India, and the legacy she left behind.
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Her hubby was FAR more scandalous with his gay intrigues.
He was a pedo. Seems to run in the family.
And little boys.
@@janetsides901I heard that from a journalist. It was kept secret.
@@janetsides901 Yes, the Irish didn't blow him up for no reason 👹
& the family perchant for young boys 👹
Who knows, being filthy rich was so boring. If I were filthy rich, would have a houseful of kids and animals and spend all my time with them.
How wonderful! That would be a lot of fun, no question! Children and animals are the most genuine beings.
so did Michael Jackson……
I’d give it a try
She was not lady edwina lady Mountbatten is ok sh they were both selfish and acandwlous
I 0ve your story & hope you reach your goal of becoming filthy rich.
What happened to her daughters?
It's a vicious cycle of children being subjected to indifferent parents shuffled to nannies and then to boarding school.. cycle starts all over again~
The elder daughter, Patricia, inherited the earldom after the assassination of her father. She married another peer, Baron Brabourne and together they had 8 children. She died in 2017, aged 93. The younger daughter, Pamela, married a designer and decorator, David Hicks. They had 3 children. Lady Pamela Hicks is still alive, aged 95.
Diana stopped that nonsense.
Please don't use today's standards to judge them
It was quite common then. Who knows we may be judged for daycare.
Go to WIKKIPIDIA and google their names. You will find their fascinating story. Eldest daughter Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten and youngest daughter Lady Pamela Hicks (still alive at 95). I agree so sad to shuffled rich kids around and don't give them love. Not a good mom.
Nonsense. Plenty of women raised by nurses and governesses don’t run around grabbing their ankles for every man that comes along.
Terrific storytelling, topics that aren’t overdone, nice music and video presentation. This channel deserves more subs - thanks for the great content!
Thank you so much for the support.
Their behavior, if they had no money, would have been severely scorned
Dickie's retinue of 'underage lovers' qualify him for the additional title of pe od o phile. The fact that he was resected and revered in aristocratic circles tells you all you need to know.
I have to be careful with the language I use on those topics or the video will get rejected which is why I glanced over it.
I totally understand, that is also why I broke up the spelling of the banned P word. Ironic though isn't it that it is the words in question that are deemed offensive, while the actions of the perpetrators remain unmentionable, it is almost as if they are untouchable.
@@JJ-vc6pp They are. The FBI actually destroyed the files on him.
Yes u are right about the language ...its youtube censorship...its got so much worse in the last year....also A.I.censorship ....
@MythicMindScape21
Beautifully narrated.
Thank you so much!
Money cannot replace the first four years of love from a mother and father. A nanny may or may not love you, may, or may not even be kind to you. But during the first four years of a child’s life, if they are given a good foundation of love from a mother and father, makes all the difference in emotional health later in life. She was lucky to be wealthy, no telling where her broken emotions might have taken her if she were poor.
Thank you for this revealing and well-presented documentary of Edwina Mountbatten's life.
Glad you enjoyed it!
There is absolutely zero charm with these two, you can't sugar coat their illicit affairs
The same thing still happens today
Yes but the lord would be CONVICTED for P do fill as that’s ILLEGAL.
She was down for the brown
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@@Carolinel673No! He wouldn't be Prosecuted!!! As all of the Royals and Aristocrats are well Protected still" plus Most of the Justices including high court ones are all ( P' s as well)
Excellent, thank you for helping me put all the puzzle pieces of the British Royal family together. It is an entertaining hobbie!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for such a lovely story, I love how you put these together and create such a beautiful narrative. I knew quite a bit about her, but you really did her and her story justice here.
Thank you so much!
They both were both MAD about SEX & their elevated STATUS.
Dickies heart belonged to the boys!!
I am already enthusiastically enthralled just 3 minutes in. Thank you my dear!!
Thank you for the comments, and the support.
Neither Lord Louis nor Lady Mountbatten were worth spit.
Look at Edwina"s later life. Because of her service in India the Indian nation sent an escort frigate to her burial at sea.
what can one say of this amazing Englishwoman who goes among the poor and the sick and the suffering like some latter-day Mary Magdalene?"
@@ehilton96 NAH.... her INDIAN PRESIDENT LOVER sent a ship to toss his mourning wreath ....
She was, he definitely wasn't.
@@lorrainepaul5928 Your opinion, not mine.
The bed hopping of the rich and famous. We peasants couldn't get away with it....even if we could afford it! Very well written 🎉🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
You don’t have to be wealthy to bed hop.
Great visual and dialogue story telling, felt a real connection with someone one never knew, thank you. Somehow I’m left wondering if she would have liked being buried at sea. Perhaps it was the only way two nations, loves, could honour her passing simultaneously without further scandal.
Thank you. I have previously read her life story but you introduced facts that had not been written before.
Thank you.
Spoilt brats with too much money to spend on their frivolous luxuries and affairs. Completely selfish people, giving in to their emotional needs, instead of taking care of their children's emotional needs and well being.
What about the poor boys of Kincora in N Ireland?????
Just shows what they can hush up, and also what else has been. At least it’s all coming out I’m sure a lot more is just waiting.
What a sad existence. 😢
Well researched and narrated. Edwina will be remembered with affection by all those who saw her selfless service during the bloody chaos of the partition of the Indian subcontinent. She is not to be blamed for the tragedy of partition, but the selfish politicians from India and Pakistan and the British policy of divide and rule.
She was a fascinating and complicated woman, the way the maid scattered her lovers throughout the house was hilarious, was it possible she was a sex addict? I think Nehru was the one true love of her life, it was unfortunate however that she subjected her children to a childhood similar to the one she had
This couples eyes are Empty ..
She should have put her children first.
Neither of her parents cared about her and she didn't learn how to be a parent but she could have tried. That would have given her life purpose.
@@mbmochinskiI think all the expensive gift was probably her way of trying, there is no mention off abuse, I'm sure she thought she was doing just fine compared to her elitist friends, as they all raised their offspring this way, and probably still do
I read Indian Summer and learned a lot about her.
Great book for anyone looking for a great bit of Indian history as well as her life and the partition. I liked the book a lot too.
That was a fascinating book. That's where I first learned about her very passionate relationship with Jawaharlal Nehru.
This was a very forgiving portrayal of Lady Mountbatten, she was spoiled, egotistical, a sorryful mother and of very low moral character.
Diana.
Soooo true 🤮
I believe in telling the story of the individuals not in judging their character. I believe I can present the events, and viewers are intelligent enough to make up their own minds on the people involved, rather than me telling people what they should or should not think. Sorry to disappoint you.
Well said. Facts, not personal opinions and judgement, are rare in documentaries these days. Please continue in this vein.
@@MythicMindScape21 no disappointment. It’s just that the royal get away with a great deal.
I think she was quite underrated! She had far more accomplishments than that of her husband.
Where? In bed?
@anthonythomas1504 seriously? Par for the course, though, I saw your other comment. Grow up.
In the bedroom or where ??? 🤷♀
"that" refers to a single subject. "Those" refers to multiple subjects.
"She had far more accomplishments than those of her husband."
Signed, The Grammar Police
Sorry, I commented at all, with al the stupid and judgmental comments. Ya'll have a fabulous life.
My opinion does not matter but I did not like this woman at all. Never heard of her. She could have left a great legacy with all the wealth her daddy left her. Pity.
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Your channel is quickly becoming my favourite. Very good (yet again). 🙂
Thank you so much.
The Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is said to have remarked on Edwina's burial: Edwina always did like to make a splash.
I loved the story. You put so much in so small amount of words. Thank you ,
DS
Thank you very much, sometimes it is hard to know what to leave out.
I have profound lonliness too, but unfortunately I don't have a fortune to help me avoid thinking about it.
This was a good program 😊
Thank you
Why did they just throw her in the ocean rather than bring her home for a burial that she deserved? For all you know the couple hated each other and Mountbatten couldn't wait for her to just drop dead.
Edwina's childhood was pretty "normal" for an aristocratic, or royal family. Parents weren't "hands on" & rarely spent much time with their children at all (unless for "photo opportunities"). The children were brought up by nannies & tutored at home, or shuffled off to private, boarding schools.
The children themselves then went on & repeated their own parents lack of hands on parenting skills.
Aristocratic & royal couples often entered "arranged marriages" with others of like "class". Once the "heir & a spare" was produced, both partners were free to have "discreet" affairs.
Often these men would enter an affair with a married woman. As this was considered "wise" if a woman "fell pregnant". If the married, or unmarried woman did have a child, said men would honour their (acceptable) bastards, by becoming their Godfathers.
Lois Mountbatten was gay. It was such an "arranged marriage" as afore mentioned.
More recently, the Queen's children:
1st born: Charles: Married, commited adultery, 2 sons, divorced, remarriage with his former mistress, Camilla.
NOTE: Camilla was his (married) long term mistress before (inclusive of the night before his marriage to Diana), during & after his marriage to Diana. For aristocratic men, having their wife "rogered", by a royal prince, that would one day become a king was actually quite an accolade.
2nd born: Anne: Married, Son & a daughter, commited adultary, divorced, remarried
3rd born: Andrew: Married, 2 daughters, cuckolded, divorced, his wife still resides with him
4th born: Edward: Gay, arranged marriage, son & daughter 😳
Thanks, and Greetings.
Don't think Prince Edward is gay his marriage is the only one that has lasted
Absolutely fascinating 😊
she was years ahead of society,,but still found emotional happiness,very tragic how ot all ended.
she was debauched and ridiculous. ....her triviality and adultery!!!
Just wondering what happened to their children
Another fascinating woman that you should do a video on is Queen Marie of Romania. Some of her possessions are in the Maryhill museum in Goldendale Wash. She was friends with Jim Hill, the railroad king, who helped her country financially during the war. She was quite a lady and some of the memobilia from her grandmother Queen Victoria is in that museum. Greetings from a fan in Washington state.
Thank you for the comment and information. I will look more into her and maybe do one on her in Autumn. ❤It is great to hear who people want to see.
Wonder if anyone told Edwina that only Jesus can fill an empty life and heart ! Cause all her affairs,jewellery,,trips around the world ,and money didn’t….
AMEN ✨💛🙏💛✨
What is left UNSAID is that her granddad was the German-Jewish banker Ernst Cassel. What with the Antisemitism of the day she must have been taunted by her classmates. 😮
Enjoyed this video very much. Thank you.
Well done. Sympathetic, yet truthful.
What? Another fascinating story I knew nothing about! Beautifully done. Thank you.
Thanks for listening
If anything good came out of the Diana debacle the British royal family has been forced to get into the same century as their subjects, especially towards their attitude toward female members. A sad example was princess Margaret, an intelligent and talented woman who simply had her personal life ruined because her last name happened to be Windsor. I’m glad Edwina was able to accomplish some of her goals
I don’t know, to me a Yank it seems like the Heir and Spare model needs some tweaking. The spares don’t do well.
Margret, Andrew and now Harry. What will the future be for Louis?
I heard Margaret was bit of a cow (from one of the officers obliged to take dinner in her presence).
@@juditrotter5176 Louis will always be a resilient character. I love him!
That sister however is downright scary. She’d make a great prison matron when she grows up.
And still a Republic eludes those British “subjects”.
A drunk one at that her Mothercwas also nasty behind closed doors Mountbatten liked young boys but itvwas all covered up as perbusual with the Royals still going on Covering up Yacht girl Markles past but this is a different world and it will come out eventually can't wait@emmamarson2105
@@lynnparrish1335Yes Princess Charlotte is a bossy boots like her granny Middleton but Prince Louis won't take any of her nonsense he looks like a real character
Fantastic! Thank you’
It's a difficult situation
Much self control needed
To stay faithful to ones
Spouse ...temptations
Everywhere!
I have enough trouble
Being single!
It's sickening! Imagine that they are all decided now and where are their souls wondering?!
Judge not. The mercy of God, we do not know.
Never feel sorry for a bazillionaire. Duh 🙄
Beautifully done. I'm subscribing!
Thanks for joining.
Her husband was a well known society homosexual- his gay affairs all been covered up. Nothing wrong with that all my friends are gay - it must have been quite horrible having to live a lie.
What a terrible life, indeed. Poor Edwina. Are you joking?
Honestly, given the unbelievable wealth and privilege enjoyed her whole life and absolute freedom from nearly all the concerns of ordinary people I find it hard to have any sympathy at all for Edwina!
I don't know how the loss of an uninterested mother could be much of a tragedy, unless it was the loss of the possible opportunity to get to know her mother.
Or to have her mother get to know her.
So interesting thank you
Great video with lots of information was aware of when it come to the Mountbatten. Again nice music and a nice voice when it come to narration. Unfortunate if she found a live at the end of her life.. and to die so young.
They were both talented, charismatic alpha characters , with a penchant for being ahead of their time, and thinking outside the box.
Very good. Enjoyed the clear way you have of putting it all together. One may not admire the way such privileged people live but it is interesting.
I thoroughly enjoyed this. i love this kind of history. factual and without bias. i will be devouring the other videos too. new subscriber. 😊
Thanks for joining. Will be a new video today.
Pls, a more detailed one on Edwina Nehru Mountbatten if possible. It would be very enlightening as a lot of it is not let to come out in public in'by I. N.d..i. a
I'd love to, but given the size of my channel. It is difficult, I promise though in future I will do a longer one on her once I have enough subscribers and people who might be interested in hour long deep dives. There are many things that are interesting, including how Nehru's family viewed the relationship which I would like to touch on. Be patient with me:)
This is first team i have came across you content
All im gonna say is
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Keep up the good work 🎉😊
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Excellent !
Their money didn't give them Peace or Happiness!
brilliant story and history
WHAT WOULD YOU THINK OF THEM IF THEY HAD NOT HAVE MONEY, FAME, AND ROYAL TITLES?
Would you have clicked on the video if they didn't have 'MONEY, FAME , AND ROYAL TITLES?' Stop virtue signalling. Edwina slept around, OK, she also did many great things, what have you done? Other than complain about other people and their lives on YT?
I had no idea. Very interesting.
An insight into a life unimaginable to many of us. all that glitters is not gold. evidently.
What a disgusting life with all the money power and connections to throw all that away for her selfish sex life , at least at the end she did something good with her empty life
absolutely. Ridiculous debauched existence.
Wealthy has never brought happiness to no human being in this exciting world, and never be through out creation! Only God can give peace and happiness which no other can! Peroid
I really enjoyed this video. She was really quite an accomplished woman and past info I read of her only focused on her affairs. For a woman, at this time in history, it’s fascinating that within the confines of her status she was always searching for purpose and true love. She was way ahead of her time in that she lived her life as she wanted. It reinforces my thought that a woman should always be the mistress of her own destiny! I’ve subscribed and look forward to other videos.
Thanks for joining us:)
I think she just lived her life on her own terms. Egocentric, selfish, hedonistic, a pure product of her time, class and wealth which allowed her all the caprices she wanted! Did she love Nehru ? Yes !! Did they have a physical relationship?? Don't know. Montbatten married her money, knowing he would have to look away. She did too. Some couples work like that. Look at V Sackville West and H Nicolson.
Nice words.
What absolutely sordid, depraved and evil lives.
Genocide of a million people, these people, Mountbatten and Nehru, caused biggest disaster, known as speedy work
She was a horrible mother. Neglected her daughters and when her husband tried to take care of them, she showed insane jealousy, suspected incest from bogh sides and didn't let them meet. The daughter talks about in her book how much she loved him and his bedtime stories but her mother put an end to them. Edwina had innumerable lovers of her own but created trouble if her husband tried to have one of his own. Pathetic woman only redeemed by her charity .
Add mentally unstable and you have Diana.
Her life was short and over in essentially a brief moment in time, and she digested every drop of whatever it dished up on her plate. Her life was what it was. No judgement, No admiration, No consolation. Life is just for living on one's terms whatever those terms are - experiencing, experimenting, savouring.
I always thought that Mountbatten was trying to undermine Queen Elizabeth and trying to take power from her. He wanted to be king.
The Queen mother also thought that, she did not like how quickly Louis went from being great friends to the Edward the VIII to trying to get close to her husband as well as him being instrumental in the marriage of Phillip to Elizabeth. He was also very close to Charles; had Mountbatten not died it is very likely Charles would have married Mountbatten's granddaughter. Although Diana had known Charles since she was a child, it was at Mountbatten's funeral where she made a remark that sparked their future romance. At Lord Mountbatten's funeral, Lady Diana Spencer reportedly said to Prince Charles, "You looked so sad when you walked up the aisle at Lord Mountbatten's funeral. It was the most tragic thing I've ever seen. My heart bled for you when I watched. I thought, 'It’s wrong, you’re lonely-you should be with somebody to look after you.'
or queen,surely?
I really love your videos. And you sound just like Charlize Theron. (Great for ASMR when falling asleep too!) ❤
Thank you! 😊
Excellent storyteller. Congrats 🎉
Glad you enjoyed it!
Id say it was not guilded , that much money , gold bars
And what about the “scandalous life” of Dicki Mountbatten?
Sure, I touched on it. But the focus of the video is her, and scandalous is more about how society viewed her, rather than actual scandal. My focus however on this channel at least for now is more on the lesser known stories, and Dicke's story is rather more well known.
The Mountbattens had two daughters, Patricia (14 February 1924 - 13 June 2017) and Pamela (born 19 April 1929).
The video says they had two daughters. 🤔
a decadent couple that lived a life of debauchery.
Human beings are very complicated.
Adoro estas historias 😊
@mariadelamerenco yo también ❤😊
@mariadelcarmenouco8014 yo también ❤😊
Mountbatten "controversies"? 🤣🤣🤣
That's a euphemism and obfuscation.
You have to be careful with YT censors.
I turn 58 this year. Atta Girl my lovely Lady Edwina! I wish I was half as brave and bold as you God bless and I hope you found peace and fulfillment. ❤ 😘
Lol. She sounds like a tramp.
Bold and brave? She was a terrible mother and a whore. Poor little rich girl.
I’ll be 56 soon and I am SHOOK by the appearance of Edwina at 58! She looked more like 78.
@@user-gc4zy2sr2g I agree! A fast life doesn’t leave a pretty corpse but it looks like she had fun
Mountbatten was incompetent his crew hated him British royalty protected him
So what happened to her daughter’s
One of her daughters wrote a book which I think.was called Growing Up Mountbatten
Thank you❤
I just bought her book. Thank you for telling me about it. Good summer read now 🌷🌟💕@@nancydupuis8083
Two words... Morally corrupt.
Seems like the temptest was returned to the sea. Mountbatten would have made that choice, not looking at her grave, nor former lovers.
Sad her early years didn't teach trust, purpose or love.
What are those things wrapped around her fingers at 1:39?
Looks like flowers maybe?
What a wasted life They should have trod the true and narrow path
What a life....
Wow! What a life she led. I always knew that Nehru really cared for her.
Wow!
“A pair of wallabies … that were never housebroken.” LOL. They’re wild animals. You can no more house train them than you could a bison.
May be she was poisoned.
They were a wise couple knowing together publicly made them stronger&making a pact to discretely find solace where they found it&they even helped each other do it! That's much better than the ugly,vicious,cruelty that comes out in divorce where in power malicious discrediting of other to get the most destroys so much,even life itself. Bravo for their mutual respect for each other based on deep friendship over weak love,that would've made all miserable,as seen by what Princess Diana was put through&she was the favorite royal! The Queen&Charles &Prince Philip should've been wise enough to suggest this type of situation to satisfy their public, while still giving Diana the chance for happiness Charles opted to find too openly elsewhere. She was too smart&knew her own worth to tolerate being the submissive little miss they thought he married. She was made of Character&Unique qualities foreign to the royals,but loved by the people! They really played that all wrong with the Princess who got tired of being Neglected&forced to look happy when together. She shone on her own&could've helped royal family for many years if they'd just realized they had to compromise to do the best for the boys who were 2nd&3rd in line for throne. They both would've benefited not having to choose sides as would've Great Britain!
Hasta la depresion con dinero es bonita
Interesting comment