Shocking Royal Family Assassination | Lord Mountbatten
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- In this video I visit Mullaghmore in Ireland. The site of the assassination of Lord Louis Mountbatten at the hands of the IRA. This scene is made famous in the TV series The Crown and in the lead up to the Coronation of King Charles III I thought I'd cover an event that left the Royal Family in a state of shock.
Lord Mountbatten was described by Charles as 'the grandfather I never had'.
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Poor boys, they had nothing to do with any of it 😢
probably saved from a worse fate coming that night
Mountbatten sexually abused children from the Kincorra Boys home in Belfast, the Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, and did similar in New Zealand.
I recently read the book Timothy Knatchbull wrote about being injured in the explosion and coming to deal with his injured and the loss of his grandmother, grandfather, identical twin and friend. It’s a beautiful story with an overall tone of life and love rather than loss and hate. He talks about having to go back to Ireland and to Sligo as an adult to actually be able to heal. He was a 14 year old kid. He had nothing to do with The Troubles or any India or Burma or anything else people bring up when they talk about Mountbatten. He was just a kid on a summer vacation with his family.
Exactly. Great point and very well said
@@thehistoryexplorer thank you. Excellent video.
The Mountbatten's were a dirty lot with many skeletons in their closet. An arrogant lack of regard for others. Phillip was notorious for insulting and belittling people, his brother, a perv. Why they farmed Princess Alice away to an insane asylum needs to be looked into further. It serves as a reminder for parents not to instill a disposable mindset or sense of entitlement into their kids. That stays with someone for life. It's others that pay the price.
@@user-zy3zd3sx2d Phillip as in Prince Phillip? He didn’t have a brother. He had 4 sisters.
@@suekelley2109 Ooops, I meant Lord Mountbatten, Phillip's uncle. The one whose boat was blown up.
RIP
Earl Mountbatten
(1900-1979)
Doreen Knatchbull
(1896-1979)
Nicholas Knatchbull
(1964-1979)
and
Paul Maxwell
(1964-1979)
Mountbatten was warned if he returned to Ireland he would be returning to England in a box! He laughed at the person who told him. It was exactly what happened.
Old wives tale
@@thehistoryexplorer FACT. I actually met two of his killers and three members of his staff. It was one of his staff who said it.
@@Volcano-Manwow!
@@Volcano-Man You should be Trump's scriptwriter
@@thehistoryexplorer Hardly "old wives tale" ! ..
Lord Mountbatten ‘ignored warnings he was IRA target’ to holiday in Ireland
LORD MOUNTBATTEN was murdered by the IRA 41 year ago but it has emerged that he actually ignored multiple warnings that he was a prime target of the terror organisation.
By Abbie Llewelyn
09:00, Sun, Dec 6, 2020
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Lord Mountbatten: India Hicks recollects day of IRA assassination
Mountbatten was an influential member of the Royal Family; he was the Queen's third cousin, Prince Philip’s uncle and a mentor to Prince Charles. The Crown season four featured his assassination in episode one, as well as the devastating affect it had on those close to him. Each summer, Mountbatten would holiday at Classiebawn Castle near Mullaghmore in Co Sligo in Ireland.
The explosion killed not only Mountbatten himself, but also his 14-year-old grandson Nicholas Knatchbull, his daughter’s husband’s mother the Dowager Lady Brabourne, and a 15-year-old Northern Irish schoolboy who was helping out on the boat.
However, what is especially shocking about this tragedy is that Mountbatten was actually aware of the threat to his life, and still went to Ireland that summer.
What's more, Shadow V had been identified as a security risk and yet Mountbatten was allowed to take his family out on the water without it being properly searched beforehand.
Lord Mountbatten with his granddaughter near Classiebawn (Image: GETTY)
The police and security services were well aware that Mountbatten was a prime target for the IRA and had warned him about it multiple times.
Andrew Lownie, author of the 2019 book ‘The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves’, told Express.co.uk: “It’s very well known there was a threat that particular year.
“He had been warned about it by numerous people including security people here and, when he got there, instead of having some ‒ in the past, he’s had 20 people guarding him ‒ he had worse security.
“And they’d always kept an eye on Shadow V because they knew from the previous year that someone had tried to put a bomb on it and yet for the first year ever it wasn’t guarded.”
Lord Mountbatten's funeral in 1979 (Image: GETTY)
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A senior IRA intelligence officer has since confirmed that there were plans to assassinate Lord Mountbatten every year since he started visiting Classiebawn in 1969.
What’s more, there was a dummy run the year before his murder in 1978, plus an unsuccessful assassination attempt two days before he was killed.
The security services were already on high alert in 1979, due to the assassination of Conservative spokesperson for Northern Ireland, Airey Neave, and British Ambassador to the Netherlands, Sir Richard Sykes, in March that year.
In June, NATO Chief General Alexander Haig narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Belgium meant for a senior British Army officer.
Then, in July, two IRA suspects were arrested on Lough Ross, around ten miles from the County Monaghan home of IRA bombmaker Thomas McMahan, who was later convicted of Mountbatten’s murder.
According to Mr Lownie, Chief Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police David Bicknell advised Mountbatten not to go to Ireland that year.
Mountbatten said: “But the Irish are my friends”, to which the Chief Superintendent replied: “Not all of them, my Lord.”
The Earl was also warned by Sir Maurice Oldfield, “C”, the director-general of MI6, who had been briefed about Mountbatten when Margaret Thatcher asked him to go to Northern Ireland to become director of intelligence after Mr Neave’s death.
Lord Mountbatten’s assassination shocks royal family in 1979
Nevertheless, Mountbatten still went to Classiebawn in August, as did his daughter Pamela with two of her three children, and his daughter Patricia and her family went to the nearby holiday home Aasleagh Lodge in County Mayo.
Despite all the verbal warnings and heavy signs of a security risk, Mountbatten took his family out on a boat that was often harboured in a public bay and could be boarded unseen at night.
Shadow V had been specifically identified as a security risk by Graham Yuill, a close protection operative of the British Army, whose usual job was to guard Major-General David Miller, commander of the Ulster Defence Regiment.
Mr Yuill told Express.co.uk that Mountbatten was number 10 on the IRA’s hit list, found in Maze Prison, with Mrs Thatcher as number two and Maj-Gen Miller as number three.
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At the end of July, Mr Yuill conducted a full risk assessment at Classiebawn and found that there had been a suspicious car near the boat.
He told Mr Lownie: “It kept returning to quayside. At one point I remember looking at its occupants through binoculars.
“He was looking towards the boat through binoculars to the water. He must have been 200 yards from the quay.”
This vehicle was reportedly already known to the Northern Irish police (Royal Ulster Constabulary) and Army intelligence as a vehicle frequently used by the IRA for gun-running and transporting bombs.
My wife and I visited Mullaghmore in 2019. Being Yanks, we were unaware at the time of its association with Lord Mountbatten. It's hard to understand how such violence could happen in such a quiet and peaceful seaside village.
Quite! I hope you had a fantastic time there
Who needs TV dramas when we remember the real thing from 1979.
He was the image of imperialism. Not a mention of the centuries of subjugation of the Irish people. Not a mention of the one million deaths by starvation at the hands of the English. Not a mention of the two million forced immigration of the Irish people.
The English shipped food out of Ireland as the Irish died.
I am from Boston! My great grandparents all came to Boston to survive.
I went to school across from Bunker Hill. It bought a smile to my face everyday
as I looked out at it.
Jeez you approve the murder of a man because he came from a country you don’t like? 🤦♂️ He was old at 79, but was hasn’t 379.
That’s like saying to an American ‘you’re the image of conquest, subjugation and invasion. Not a mention of the centuries of mass deportation and murder of indigenous native Americans, or the lynching, murder and enslavement of millions of African Americans, or the countless counties invaded across the world to bring about regime change’
You do know the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which had no military basis or justification for war caused the deaths of 655,000 Iraqi civilians. In contrast, there have been approximately 25,000 civilian deaths in Palestine.
America has been in 19 wars since WW2, more than any other country. And although a figure can never be proven, it is estimated those US wars are responsible for the deaths of up to 12 million civilians and military personnel.
(Watson institute for international study, Brown University)
If you give a ridiculous comment you’re fair game for a truth bomb. Sorry
@@thehistoryexplorer The subject wasn’t about the United States, it was about a member of the English “Royal” family. I was commenting on the English genocide of the Irish people.
I am well versed in American history. He was a target of Irish nationalists.
They want the North of Ireland back. I was a Federal employee for thirty-three years, four of
which were in the military. I am well aware of the United States strengths and weaknesses.
Wow! Massachusetts gal here. What a story!
@@thehistoryexplorerWhy do you defend a well known pedophile like he’s your daddy? Mountbatten received his just desserts.
Another brilliant video
Thank you! Appreciate you buddy
Another great video. I remember that day very well. Thank you
You are most welcome and thank you for the comment
More great content. I wish this one had been longer but keep em wanting more and they will come back for it. 👍
Thank you. I really appreciate it. Im trying to keep below 10mins for now- mostly because of how busy I am! I’ll am for longer videos soon
Thank you for putting that together. An excellent intro for me before I dig deeper. 👌
Glad it was helpful!
I'm not quite sure that Mountbatten was that honorable of a man ...🤔🤔🤔
How so?
What was your first clue?
@@thehistoryexplorerhe is a known pedophile
Honour and Mountbatten are two words that should never ever be used in the same Century. He was dishonourable, a sado-masochist, saw women as something to warm one's bed, had countless affairs with high society married women - is rumoured to have even in his old age, liked to touch young under age girls which - @thehistoryexplorer refuses to believe, is why in 1978 he was warned that if he returned to Ireland he would go back to England in a box. I met people who were involved. They told me things that have never been revealed about his activities in Ireland, which annoys the history explorer. TSB!
Honour and Mountbatten should never be mentioned in the same year!
He was renowned for his ability to ensure others took the blame for his massive cock ups.
Dieppe was his responsibility and he was going to have the glory, but it went terribly wrong and others took the blame.
Partition of India - he decreed that Partition would occur about 7 weeks later, against the advice of the Hindu and Muslim leaders. It was 'everyone else's fault,' that it was and remains a massive balls up!
He got away with things that a lesser person would have faced serious questions about.
Real done video. I was 12 I think when this happened. I've never forgot it.
Oh wow. Thanks for the comment. For some reason these events just resonate with us sometimes
@@thehistoryexplorer I understand. Thanks for replying. I appreciate you!
The joke at school back then was what is white and flies 100mph over the Irish channel…..Lord Mountbatten plimsole 🤣😂🤣
Thats hilarious…
Elphinstone at the beginning
Mountbatten at the end
And along with them in
between a great line of the
visionary statesmen from
Great Britain who created
India as a nation, united
it, protected it, promoted
it and gave its people a
vast treasury of railway,
police, post, telegraph,
roads, bridges, dams and
civil service discipline.
Lord Mountbatten saved
India from horrible and
cruel Japanese invasion.
Something Else
Lady Mountbatten was
founder of Indian Red
Cross movement and
did a dedicated work
for its promotion
It was slim that saved India Mountbatten incompetence led to the death of so many.
You say visionary statesment, the locals say barbaric oppressors and savage colonizers.
So is his proven involvement in Kincora going to be ignored then? Are we all supposed to forget or ignore his association with it and pretend he was a great fella? He got away with it at the time because of who he was. Sorry but I for one won’t be forgetting. Perhaps what happened at Mullaghmore was justice for the crimes he got away with.
If you want to consider the murder of innocents (including a child) justice for an allegation then I’m sorry but I can’t help you there
I agree.
@@thehistoryexplorer Tell that to all the innocents who died because of imperialism and especially to the young and innocents who died from the potato famine. I'm sick of western nations screaming "think of the innocent civilians" as they do drone attacks that kill 90% innocent civilians throughout the world!! You don't hold any moral high ground and you never did!!
@@leighfoulkes7297 what on earth are you talking about?! imagine waking up each day full of poison like you. I honestly hope it gets better for you and you find happiness
History Explorer: I love your videos but there's many who have valid historical reactions. It's not about poison.
I remember reading about this in my history travels. While yes, this was very much a political assassination, it was (to me at least) a multi-family tragedy that affected countless lives. I’m not sure how much of this is true, but I read that Amanda Knatchbull declined to marry then Prince Charles because she was afraid of what would happen if she joined the Royal Family. I wouldn’t blame her, she lost much of family in that bombing.
It was very interesting. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
A German, von Battenburg
And the "royal" family, von Saxenbourg-Gotha. After the Great War changed their german name to Windsor. Kaizer Billy was related to them, like all the european "royalties". Thanks to "queen" Victoria, an other german, and she carried that gene of the blood sickness.
The current monarchy (living or dead) never admit to being German. You CANNOT erase your genetic heritage. Being British in a British monarchy is what the Windsors concocted. They are mainly German not English. They falsely modified their heritage and changed their surname as though it were a PR move to polish and solidify their standing. There's no way to reconcile that other than coming clean, which would ignite a scandal not likely to subside any time soon. I can't imagine living with that. It requires denial, remaining silent and living a lie. The Queen looked like a stout little old German lady because she WAS.
They will never be British!@@user-zy3zd3sx2d
@@geoffbenoy2052 Saxe Coburg Gotha
The current monarchy (living or dead) never admit to being German. You CANNOT erase your genetic heritage. Being British in a British monarchy is what the Windsors concocted. They are mainly German not English. They falsely modified their heritage and changed their surname as though it were a PR move to polish and solidify their standing. There's no way to reconcile that other than coming clean, which would ignite a scandal not likely to subside. I can't imagine living with that. It requires denial, remaining silent and living a lie. The Queen looked like a stout little old German lady because she WAS. 'Duties' amount to lavish entertaining and fundraising.
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He was no hero.
But he and the innocent civilians with him did not deserve to be murdered, no?
Heroes to some are villains to others. It's a subjective value statement relative to cultural and sociopolitical axioms.
@@thehistoryexplorer When the English kill innocents either???
@@miguelalarcon4055 typical. Eye for an eye is it? 🤷♂️🤦♂️
@@thehistoryexplorer típico. Ingleses simulando pena por los civiles...
Mountbatten should of respected the Irish and left their land, he was warned but ignored it
He was a grandad about to turn 80, with small children on the boat. But you crack on and justify his murder 👍
@@thehistoryexplorer you got that part right. loved the young children. Dont ask the FBi about him though
@@TheAlmightyJoseph Nothing to do with the FBI, but the fact remains - which btw History Lover doesn't like, is that Mountbatten was told if he returned to Ireland, we would go back to the UK in a box, and ur was not just because of who he was, but what was going on with children I the castle!
@8:17 the Irish. Messing the number up unless it went from 8 to 13?
How do we know lord Mountbatten had dandruff ? His head n shoulders were found on a beach in Sligo
Terrible
😂😂😂14 gone and not forgotten we got 18 and Mountbatten
@@thehistoryexplorer Mountbatten's own granddaughter said it in a BBC documentary in 2019 on the 40th anniversary, stating that it was one example of many such remarks doing the rounds in her boarding school. She was making the point that he had not been universally popular and like it or not, it is precisely at such times that black humour surfaces.
@@Irishman0855 celebrating the murder of innocents. That’s about right 👍
@@thehistoryexplorer Except Mountbatten was far from being 'innocent' little boys - as someone else has said, plus other nefarious goings on. Countless affairs with high society married women, bisexual, his wife had dozens of under age boys as her lovers, and others including Nehru. He was a terrible organiser - Dieppe was his responsibility, he cost a lot of Canadian troops their lives, along with many many more in South East Asia, but somehow managed to pass the blame downwards.
He might not have deserved to die the way he did, but given his arrogant attitude of bring untouchable, perhaps it was fitting. Yes innocent people died, but he killed a lot of innocent people in his life!
Pandit Nero and Ghandi and Churchill wanted a United India,Jenner did not,he wanted a Muslim State,what followed can be laid at his door.
Pandit Nehru was another stooge who Mountbatten could successfully place in Independent India. Need to appreciate Mountbatten's skills in identifying the correct stooges. He did what was best for his country. Even today the stooge families planted by him hold big influence in India's politics.
Some things have never been righted.
I understand that he was ship wrecked during the second world war
We all know why the young local boy was on that boat, private entertainment for lord Mountbatten.
I’m sorry you feel the way you do and I hope life gets better for you
the facts of the matter is that mountbatten was a paedophile so...
stop defending monsters? @@thehistoryexplorer
To the Evil everything appears Evil.
@@garyyoung9085 And conversely, as Horatio Smith observed, to the pure all things are pure.
@@Sootaroot Well taking the post I replied to in context let's consider that the 14 year old local boat boy murdered on that boat the same day , Paul Maxwell whos mother still has Mountbattens portrait up on her mantlepiece next to her sons and Mountbattens Grandson who was also murdered that day aged 15.
To say those lads were on that boat for any other reason than checking lobster pots..... (and it's clear what the poster implies).... is Evil....not Pure , the bereaved mother clearly does not agree with what is so ignorantly emplied.
I have never understood why the boat was not checked for safety first and still can't.
He was about to turn 80 and had not been involved in anything to do with N Ireland. I think it’s safe to assume they believed the IRA wouldn’t murder an 80 year old and small children on a personal boat
@@thehistoryexplorer I think it's safe to assume that Mountbatten's arrogance was that he was untouchable
HIS WIFE was the mistress of PM of India. His wife cried when he had to leave India and go to Malta. Nehru was sad!
Im sure you’re right
The focus is always on Mountbatten, obviously because of his stature, but another example of the IRA murdering children.
Mountbatten sexually abused children from the Kincorra Boys home in Belfast, the Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, and did similar in New Zealand. .... a dirty man, ....
On 14 August, 1976, Majella, along with some friends, was going to St. Malachy's church in Whitecross. As the group passed a security checkpoint, British paratrooper Pvt. Michael Williams shot Majella twice in the back with a general-purpose machine gun, from around 20 to 30 yards away.
Majella's father Jim and her brother Michael O'Hare were allegedly harassed by responding paratroopers while they attempted to give aid to Majella.
Majella was airlifted to Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry, where she was pronounced dead on arrival
@@raymondsayers580 ... she was only 12 years old, the English soldier was never punished....
The title describes it as a shocking assasination but its nowhere near as shocking as the terrible crimes inflicted on the Irish people by the British terrorists
Name some?
@@thehistoryexplorer The Irish Famine created by Britain exporting sources of food out of Ireland but portrayed as a Potatoe famine, forcing Catholics to convert to protestants in return for good, bloody Friday when the British soldiers shot into the stands during a GAA Match,bloody Sunday when the paras murdered 14 civilians during a Civil rights march
Irish Penal laws.
Black and Tans burning towns to the ground.
Oliver Cromwell massacring Drogheda.
Cromwell forces alone are estimated to have killed 200,000 during their reign of terror
That's just a few off the top of my head.
Most British are oblivious to the famine.
The IRA wouldn't of had to exist in the first place if it wasn't for the actions of the British
@@thehistoryexplorer any of that ring a bell?
@@user-pu8sg4sd4fhow unhappy your life must be. I hope things get better. Shall I list all the civilians murdered by the IRA? All the indiscriminate bombings, shootings, torture, the ‘disappeared’… this video is about the civilians who were murdered alongside Lord Mountbatten. You can try justify murder as much as you like but this young boy deserved to love a full life
@@thehistoryexplorer I'm very happy actually .
You asked me to name some so I did....
I don't condone killing civilians either as you've just assumed.
Your channel is very good and of course those children didn't deserve to die
Sorry to cause upset by answering a question regarding British atrocities
I think he was killed by british secret service.
Sombody said- get rid of him😂
I’m not sure about that
I’ve always said that him and Edward Heath used to take children from a children’s home in jersey the same home the beast jimmy Savile used to visit they would take the children on their boats
"I think", "somebody said" that's irrefutable evidence right there, without a doubt.
@yser-fo7pl6uw9h He was warned in 1978 that if he returned to Ireland he would go back to England in a wooden box! He told the person they didn't dare touch him, and death didn't frighten him!
He was killed by the IRA and I met a few years later, two of those involved, and three of his staff.
Morally he was a disgrace, saw women as something to warm his bed - he had countless affairs with high society married women; it was rumoured that he was bisexual, and encouraged Prince Charles - as he was, to bed as many women as he could. He thought of himself as being more king than King George VI
He ballsed up the partition of India. Against advice of both the Hindu and Mulim leaders, he decreed it would happen within a few weeks!
He considered his subordinate officers as being akin to something the dog had left of the footpath, and was renowned for ignoring them unless it suited his purpose to speak to them. But your claim about 'I 'think ...', with all due respect, leave that to horses as they have a brain!
@@shelbynamels973hahahahaha!
This was most traumatic for King Charles given Mountbatten was responsible for the future king’s formative sexual experiences. A common theme in England, I’m led to believe.
Come on now
India partition is one of good thing that Mountbatten did in his live. Only Hindutva that still crying on Indian partition.
This day India was truly satisfied 🇮🇳 Jai hind
Satisfied at murder?
@@thehistoryexploreryou have to be kidding me
@@Bluchh this guy has made similar comments on multiple videos. I call him out on it each time
Tory
Troll.
Im irish and believe in a united Ireland but this was wrong
Killing Mountbatten was like killing JFK in the US big mistake for IRA made British more hard on Irish
When will we ever learn. And now I see the terrorist threat level has increased in Ireland again. Having lived through the Troubles this is not good for anyone
Mankind will never "learn". It is human nature to hate and fear what you don't understand. Read Ecclisiastes...
Let’s hope we don’t have any return to what happened in the past. If King Charles can forgive and reconcile then hopefully we can too
@@t.j.payeur5331 great comment. Let’s hope we can learn to live together
What are you talking about you idiot!? Tell me just how many of the Loyalist death squad groups have completely disbanded? Answer: NONE that’s how many. The UDA and the UVF are still hard at it racketeering, drug dealing and killing each other over territory of where who deals in what areas. Tell me also how many weapons belonging to Loyalist death squad organisations have been decommissioned? Answer: NONE. Come back here then when you actually know what you’re talking about and also from an unbiased position. 😡
I do hope by your comment “terrorist threat” you are referring to the threat imposed by the Loyalist Death squads as they were never made to decommission their weapons and have spent the best part of the past 25 years killing each other by these very same weapons in gang-lad feuds to enforce who controls what areas by which drug dealers? Either way isn’t better them killing themselves with these same weapons than killing innocent Catholic’s which is what they normally did?
It's tragic that the current King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland lost his best friend so violently.
As a human being thinking about another human being, that's all I have to say. My personal feelings about his origins, activities and politics don't matter in this regard.
(Downvoted because the narrator sounds just TOO British.)
You downvoted the video because the narrator (who is British) sounds too British. Sounds like racism to me! 🤦♂️😆
@@thehistoryexplorer Strange definition of 'racism'
Mountbatten was responsible for enabling my education. I shall forever be grateful to him. RIP Sir.
BRITISH fantasy: YOUNG BOYS on royal boats! British NAVY used to have boys on ships!
Imagine waking up and wanting to be a troll. I hope you feel better soon
What broke the world waterspeed record in 1979? Mountbattens right plimsol.
Ok
And why did the IRA killed him?
And the children on the boat
@@thehistoryexplorer OK, so why did the IRA killed them although he was the real target?🎯
@@thehistoryexplorer Majella O’Hare was not the only young girl to be shot dead by the British army. Others include 14-year-old Annette McGavigan from Derry shot dead by British soldiers in 1971, 13-year-old Margaret Gargan shot dead in Belfast by British paratroopers in 1972, Julie Livingstone (14) and Carol Ann Kelly (11) both shot dead by British soldiers using plastic bullets in 1981. *WHY* ?
Same reason the Brits and Americans bombed Dresden despite hundreds of women and children known to be there
@@thehistoryexplorer It is thought that some 25,000-35,000 civilians died in Dresden in the air attacks, though some estimates are as high as 250,000, given the influx of undocumented refugees that had fled to Dresden from the Eastern Front. Most of the victims were women, children, and the elderly. *Hey a target is a target*
@TheHistoryExplorer you seem to be very quick to judge the crimes of others yet fail to realise that Britain has arguably caused the most pain on this planet. JUST SAY IT, you yearn for the days of empire
Oh my god🤦♂️ I just block trolls. Nobody yearns for Empire if they have read a book
@@thehistoryexplorer Liking your own post!! I've read enough of your comments on this video alone to see you are bias when it comes to Mountbatten and blatantly ignoring the reasoning for Mountbatten being a target in the first place. Is it just that it is Irish people committing this act that has you riled up in the first place? Ignoring the crimes this man committed is either naive or just playing dumb. Its clear your point of view is vastly Anglocentric
@@callu947What were his crimes?
@@catherineadair9078 Ask the Canadians
@@thehistoryexplorer In the book 'From a Clear Blue Sky' by Timothy Knatchbull (the grandson of Mountbatten who survived the boat bomb ) He considers Garda collusion and the even more painful possibility that there may have been prior local knowledge (he is haunted by the memory of a local couple who suddenly tensed when he sauntered into a local shop the day before the bomb). As with his own post-bomb attitude to Ireland, there is much ambivalence. He gradually comes to the realisation that attitudes to political violence can in turn be fuelled by sympathy, revulsion, self-interest, fear and passive acceptance.
Met him same year at Sargent mess life guards in Windsor with my step uncle and his father dodge 22 years service master sniper trainer . Boy remember him in his 80s standing to attention like a ram rod as they talked when finished back to the bear . Such lovely times shame they pass
Where your HCR too? I’ve got some ties to the Life Guards
"Back to the bear" ? Is that a pub in Windsor ?
This is the karma of India partition 😢
Let’s please leave politics out of this. The British government of the time was meeting the demands of the people; to make India independent.
Blame that on the dirty faced Pakistani guy. What Mountbatten paid for was the rape of Ireland. If they hadn't killed innocent children this would be a celebration of a life well taken.
@@thehistoryexplorer this Rascals British Rascals looted our India...
Indian patrition was and is one of the best things ever done to the human-race. Savage people should remain isolated and divided.
This is the karma of Irish domination and partition. You do know Mountbatten was a nonce? He was also known as Lord Mountbottom, reportedly had a predilection for boys 10-14, and it’s common knowledge that boys from a home in East Belfast called the Kincora Home were being abused by high powered people in Britain including Mountbatten. Chris Moore wrote a book about it called The Kincora Scandal
Lord Mountbatten was the best viceroy..😢😢😢
Can you name one other Viceroy of India? Without googling.
He was a lousy viceroy! Against the advice of the Hindu and Muslim leaders, he decreed that partition would occur a few weeks ahead!
In Cromwell's days the English would have answered this assassination by visiting death and destruction on the Irish up and down the land. My, how times have changed.
Would they now?
Pfft, the English were visiting death and destruction on the Irish up and down the land for centuries. My, how times hadn't changed.
@@monti4035 It is a matter of historical record, and in reprisal for far less than an assassination.
Cromwell wouldn't have had such an incompetent prick in his army.
Aye.
WW2 vet. Mountbatten.
Uh huh
Irish American Catholic here, Gods curse on the fiend who murdered Mountbatton, He loved the Irish, Ireland, and was kind to all.
Well said my friend! 👏 There is enough hatred in this world already
@@thehistoryexplorer Louis Mountbatten was a pedophile
We know Mountbatten sexually abused children from the Kincorra Boys home in Belfast, the Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, and did similar in New Zealand.
The FBI's file on him, released under FOIA said the same. There's a man in court in NI who has waived his right to anonymity to put his abuse by Mountbatten and the NI state on the record.
@@SpastikChildFinally someone talking sense and truth. Chris Moore wrote a book about it called The Kincora Scandal
Loved the Irish lol hagafa k ,lol.....the real reason he vacation there is cuz lord mountbatton family owned, enslaved, colonized n indentured real Irish in there own native ireland....all real Irish blooded villages throughout Ireland were owned n operated by English lords, English landlords n English aristocrats.... Guinness n Jameson were also English blooded businesses in ireland .....real Irish coukdnt own land,speak gaelic n own businesses in there own real Irish native ireland.....these English rulers like oliver Cromwell n king james ii enslaved real Irish blooded men women n children in st Kitts, Barbados, Jamaica,n Montserrat n Virginia n south Carolina n other English colonies..... remember root evil is England.....there's no such thing as scottish blood... Scotland broken down by Highlands n lowlands....Highlanders are literally real Irish Gaelic Celtic Highlander blooded people who came from Ireland hundreds yrs ago as expelled real Irish blooded roaming Highlands......lowlanders are literally real english anglo saxon germanic protestant blooded people who colonized these lowlands.....then these same lowlander english blooded people were then given land to in northern Ireland by the queen of England in ulster plantation and then wen these same English blooded people who colonized lowlands/Northern Ireland wen they came to America were called scotch Irish even though they neither have Irish or Scottish blood in them lol smh .....
I am a black American with an Irish great great granny from a country that had a king George III and a queen, Elisabeth I, who contributed to the African Slave Trade. Bad choice. 😮
Respect to Charles. Hasn't always got it right but I think he is a good man at heart
I’m a monarchist 😊
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Shocker!!
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The oy ar ay dunnit!! Those bloody paddies dunnit!! Paddy ,one of the security detail, said the blast blew his ear off.His friend Seamus dived into the water to retrieve the ear, and surfaced with an ear.He said "Paddy me lad oy found it!!"Paddy looked at it and said "nah dats not moyn,moyn had a pencil behind it".....😁🤣🤭🤣😁😂😂😂😂😁🤣
Typical shite reply from a wanker
It's sad that others died there's be stories that the Ira got revenge for mountbatten sexually abusing children along with his friend saville so I don't feel sorry for him but the others its been said normally he wentcalone and Ira didn't expect anyone else
Absolute rubbish. That unproven story came out in the 2011, almost 50years after Mountbatten was murdered. Because it was alleged Mountbatten was homosexual, that must of course mean he was also a pedophile. That was the allegation at the time.
He also hired a local during the summer to run the boat who would prepare it each day. He also took friends and family with him.
The reality is they went after a 79 year old man because he was a member of the Royal Family
@@thehistoryexplorer Mountbatten sexually abused children from the Kincorra Boys home in Belfast, the Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, and did similar in New Zealand.
@@thehistoryexplorer Far from being "an unproven story" it was FBI files uncovered by a Freedom of information request by Dr. Lownie Lord Mountbatten's 'lust for young boys' exposed in FBI files
The decorated war hero was under US surveillance for more than three decades
Lord Mountbatten was “a homosexual with a perversion for young boys”, according to newly released FBI files.
The decorated war hero - who was a valued mentor to great-nephew Prince Charles and was said to have counselled him on his love life - was under US surveillance for more than three decades.
And one source described the Earl and wife Edwina as “persons of extremely low morals” - with him being “an unfit man to direct any sort of military operations” because of his sexual tastes.
@@thehistoryexplorer You're right that as a member of the Royal Family it was a major victory (Why else would there be so much commentary on here after 45 years ?) but the "unproven story" was in fact the release of the FBI files thanks to the persistence of Dr. Andrew Lownie as the Royal Family fought hard to keep them secret
@@thehistoryexplorer While researching for his book on the Mountbattens, Lownie found himself blocked by the Cabinet Office and University of Southampton, despite public money being used in 2011 to acquire their archive to "ensure public access"
On that boat there was a bomb a bhuaile bhuaile abhaile Lord Mountbatten didn't last for long down by the sligo water
13 gone but not forgotten we got 18 and Mountbatten
Celebrating killing a 70year old man and children 🤦♂️🤷♂️ about right
@thehistoryexplorer It is very sad about his grandson and Paul, but for Louis, just absolutely not. Made sure everyone got the blames for his cock ups, everyone except him. Did many horrible things in India. Was a terrible leader in the war. He lived a cushy life as a royal, while those he governed suffered. Was told he would die if he came back to ireland and the promise was delivered on. Not to mention, he groomed young boys but what do you expect from a royal. He outstayed his welcome on God's green earth. May those two young boys rest in eternal peace.
@@thehistoryexplorer Just 'Black humour' which is present at most tragedies. There are many examples of 'Holocaust humour coming from the Jewish inmates. So you could say "about right" (Although that would be illegal in Austria) ua-cam.com/video/mzvz9OOqqdM/v-deo.html
Self importance
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