The Scandalous Life of Lady Edwina Mountbatten.
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- Опубліковано 21 лис 2024
- Dive into the opulent and scandalous life of Lady Edwina Mountbatten-born Edwina Ashley-a woman who navigated the stormy seas of British high society with unmatched grace and defiance. From her birth into a world of wealth and privilege to her restless search for meaning amidst glittering social gatherings and secret romances, Edwina's life was marked by stark contrasts: luxury and despair, fidelity and betrayal, love and loss.
Marrying Louis Mountbatten, a prominent member of the British royal family, brought her notoriety, with their open secrets of infidelities and passionate liaisons causing a stir that scandalized society and drew the ire of figures like King George and Winston Churchill.
This documentary delves into Edwina’s profound relationship with Jawaharlal Nehru during the tumultuous period of India's partition, her connections with luminaries such as Gloria Vanderbilt, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Wallis Simpson, and her heroic actions during World War II. We also explore her notable affairs with Leslie Hutchinson and Bunny Phillips, alongside the enduring, albeit unconventional, bond with her husband.
Featuring expert interviews, archival footage, and stunning visuals, join us on Mythic Women as we peel back the layers of Edwina Mountbatten’s life-from the lavish halls of Mayfair to the historic upheaval in India-and the indelible legacy she left behind.
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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.
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!
Their behavior, if they had no money, would have been severely scorned
In the puritanical USA, maybe, but probably not in Europe
Thank you for this revealing and well-presented documentary of Edwina Mountbatten's life.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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 👹
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.
You are SPOT ON. Self centered social nothings
Stop with the hate. What you say applies to some people across all economics but not all.
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.
@@kathygrosvenor4464to keep your husband dealing with that nonsense it does
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.
@@MythicMindScape21 Your presentations are superb, thank you.
Wonderful insights into the complicated life of Edwina Mountbatten. The mystery is how her marriage survived! And though it has long been hinted that there was something between Edwina and Nehru, this telling makes it very clear.
Genocide of a million people, these people, Mountbatten and Nehru, caused biggest disaster, known as speedy work
Oh, please. They weren't swinging the machetes the Muslims & Hindus used on each other.
Rubbish. The religious tension had been simmering for years. Didn’t take much to kick it off.
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)
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.
They both were both MAD about SEX & their elevated STATUS.
a decadent couple that lived a life of debauchery.
Well, that is not all in their cases. The sensual pleasures came as part of the scenery, because both of them were involved in matters that were a lot more important than that. They were involved in the kinds of things you see in the higher echelons, because in the lower echelons, all you see is merely debauchery.
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.
And yet parents abdicate their infants and young children to daycare, pre-k, nannies, and babysitters😢. And spend a few mere moments of short hours with them.
@@carebear381YES!!!
More unspeakable than that?
@@RavenBlackCry well, I think money can always smooth over rough places, it can bring out the best in us, as it takes away the stress. Where a difficult childhood, and poverty, cannot. She did at least used her wealth to do some good. If she had been poor she could’ve been much worse. I come from a poor, and I know what I’m talking about. It’s a long hard climb to get out of poverty and no one does it totally unscathed. I was lucky, even though my father left when I was a baby, I had a loving, decent, godly mother. My friends,, who were the same age as me, and in the same financial circumstances, but without that loving connection, became drug addicts, and prostitutes. My mother made all the difference in my life because she insisted that I strive to do the right thing. I don’t regret my childhood, but there are times, I think, “I might’ve liked to have started school with a pair of shoes at least”. Lol.
Always remember a picture of a very young King Charles looked about 3 or 4 meeting hid mother the Queen after one of her tours ,think she was away for six months. She shook his hand no cuddles just so called protocol.He looked totally glum.No smiled.No wonder the Royals are all dysfunctional.
An insight into a life unimaginable to many of us. all that glitters is not gold. evidently.
I am already enthusiastically enthralled just 3 minutes in. Thank you my dear!!
Thank you for the comments, and the support.
I have profound lonliness too, but unfortunately I don't have a fortune to help me avoid thinking about it.
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!
Lovely and justice are not adjectives I would use in any discussions about Edwina. Disgrace and treacherous are more fitting.
@@catherinehughes7519 Saying a story is lovely , and that you did something justice, is not calling Edwina 'lovely' or saying she was 'just'. Stop being silly, I am sure you can understand the difference.
The Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is said to have remarked on Edwina's burial: Edwina always did like to make a splash.
What? Another fascinating story I knew nothing about! Beautifully done. Thank you.
Thanks for listening
Their money didn't give them Peace or Happiness!
Dickies heart belonged to the boys!!
Many of them under age! Because of his status he was practically untouchable.
Hmmm, makes one wonder why Charles and Dickie were so close.
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 totally agree!! Almost forgetting where she left her children is disgraceful and evidently the father did nothing either.
What absolutely sordid, depraved and evil lives.
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.
Thank you. I have previously read her life story but you introduced facts that had not been written before.
Thank you.
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
That's what people of all classes, religions, races, and creeds still do today!
Maybe she didn’t know any different.
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.
I do not think so! There are people whose life is an entire lie. They are used to and they laugh loud on us!
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.
@@lorrainepaul5928, live and learn…read about his war record as a commander in Burma…I don’t suppose you will..if so, be happy in your ignorance.
Your channel is quickly becoming my favourite. Very good (yet again). 🙂
Thank you so much.
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.
Two words... Morally corrupt.
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.
Great story, beautifully written and narrated. I'm hooked and subscribed 👏❤️
Thank you for the comment and welcome. Glad to have you with us.
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.
Utter romantizing behaviors of people who are responsible for the fate of nations.
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.
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.
@@MythicMindScape21 Read "The Last Romantic" by Hannah Pakulah -- the definitive biography of an extraordinary woman.
What a sad existence. 😢
How unfortunate that she spent 3/4 of her life searching for human connection before finding it in a man with whom she had to hold secret. One of the best parts of being in love is freely expressing it.
Well done. Sympathetic, yet truthful.
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.
Wondering in HELL……nasty wealthy selfish people
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.
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.
Who is the author of Indian Summer?
FANTASTIC VID !! THANK YOU !!!!
Thank you
Never feel sorry for a bazillionaire. Duh 🙄
This was a good program 😊
Thank you
This couples eyes are Empty ..
Yess hollow eyes
Obvious! They did not have inner life!
She looked much older than 58 she looked like she was closer to 75 or 80
People do seem to have aged more quickly in the past. A very different style of life than today.
She aged horribly. She looked much older as her years.
@@Darrigrandeshe really did look old. Reminds me of the “portrait of Dorian Grey”. The inside eventually shows on the outside.
That happens when you have too much sex. Especially a woman, she ages faster. It is well known about her lifestyle. Sad, but true.
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
Looking for love in all the wrong places. Love is within yourself. You did a very good video.
This is really well researched. Thank you for all your hard work. They were both pretty monstrous but certainly not boring!
Thank you 🙏
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.
It's said Louis was blown to bits because of his penchant for young boys. Something about an orphanage in Ireland.....
Absolutely fascinating 😊
It's a difficult situation
Much self control needed
To stay faithful to ones
Spouse ...temptations
Everywhere!
I have enough trouble
Being single!
Just wondering what happened to their children
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
@@barbaraknowles2713the abuse was in the emotional neglect and the absence of love from selfish self absorbed unavailable parents if you could even call them that…..nasty wealthy people,,,,
what a whitewash both of them where abusing children
Explain what the word whitewashing means and what I left out of their story. I make videos that tell the facts as I believe viewers such as yourself are capable of making their own moral judgements rather than hearing mine in the video. I am not interested in telling people what or how to think but on telling the stories from a neutral view. Your opinions and criticisms of their character or any of my facts are welcome. Debate and discussion is how we learn.
Enjoyed this video very much. Thank you.
I wonder if sometimes people will go to crazy lengths to drown out the message of their true mission. I wasn't surprised to see she was good at giving in difficult times. I don't think money has anything to do with that.
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?
Exactly. People who fawn over these reprobates really annoy me.
Least she had money and privilege to assist her. Imagine all those poor women living in poverty, with abusive husbands, and lots of children. They’re the heroines!
@@JenLevyou just virtue signaled 😂
@@HeathertheGreat_ I don't know what that means. Can you explain?
What a fascinating programme. There was so much more to some of these women than we might know. I think of Prince Philip’s mother. Incredible life experiences I couldn’t imagine.
Yes, Her Story is incredible. I have created a video on her, and will release it in September. She was truly a remarkable woman.
Thank you! Your videos are a wonderful celebration of many forgotten, amazing women!
Thank you too!
I just subbed. I really enjoy your content. I especially liked your video on Nancy Cunard. Thank you!
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 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.
@@AnneCaulder I agree! A fast life doesn’t leave a pretty corpse but it looks like she had fun
@@AnneCaulderOMG. For all the wealth and privilege she had, she really looked haggard, and aged. Just imagine, with all that money, that’s the best she could look!
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 opinion is equally as valid as anyone’s else’s. She was an awful, self absorbed woman.
Beautifully done. I'm subscribing!
Thanks for joining.
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!!!
@@simarjitkaur3411it amazes me how some people appear to admire these shallow people. Maybe the wealth skews their assessment.
@@jaijai5250princess Margaret is admired "for being ahead of society" as alcoholic and smoker by liberal Indians.
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.
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
This is a wonderful video! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
What an unpleasant woman
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.
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.
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:)
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.
Fantastic! Thank you’
The problem with having huge amounts of money and lots of social opportunities, be it High Society in the 20's and 30's UK or modern US actors and musicians, is that you push the boundaries, get comfortable, and then have to push the boundaries even further ..... And on, and on, it goes. It becomes a striving to find a fulfilment that never actually is found .....
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?
Dickie was a creep of incredible breadth and depth and the best job the lads ever did was . . .
I really love your videos. And you sound just like Charlize Theron. (Great for ASMR when falling asleep too!) ❤
Thank you! 😊
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.
@@tessdurberville711Diana is certainly an example of how the wealthy and emotionally distraught turn out at the end of the 20th Century.
You have to give Diana props though, she tried really hard to raise children that felt loved and connected. She had to fight “The Firm” to break many typical royal family protocols and create children who could grow up stronger than she felt.
This is first team i have came across you content
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Keep up the good work 🎉😊
Thank you ❤ Glad you joined.
I met her once. She was very supportive of the St John's Ambulance and I walked her through an award ceremony.
It's well known in these circles the lack of sexual morality. Marriage to them was an image all had affairs often.
Mountbatten "controversies"? 🤣🤣🤣
That's a euphemism and obfuscation.
You have to be careful with YT censors.
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:)
So interesting thank you
Omg !
I don’t know why , but Edwinas’ Complex life ,
and Scandalous Affairs’ reminds me of another v Famous ,and referred by many as ‘Iconic’ Figure of Royal Family ‘ whos’ life tragically ended in an horrible Car Chase Accident , away from her Kids..🙂
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
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.
Even the extremely wealthy, despite spending so much time disconnected from their parents in early childhood, want to have a positive emotional connection to their parents.
Certainly, losing your mother at age 11 is terrible. It doesn’t matter how lavish your nest is…
Thank you for this story
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a terrible life, indeed. Poor Edwina. Are you joking?
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 ✨💛🙏💛✨
Excellent storyteller. Congrats 🎉
Glad you enjoyed it!
Id say it was not guilded , that much money , gold bars
That is an interesting account of the life of Edwina Mountbatten, it shows her in an equally good and bad light, I can to an extent understand her promiscuity in her younger days, it must be very tempting to indulge yourself, when you have all the cards stacked so completely in your favour. She had a good life and towards the end she at least gave a little back by way of her work for the less fortunate.