London, January 25
A diamond bracelet and jewelled decorative elephants from Jaipur are some of the Indian heirlooms that make up a collection of 350 personal items belonging to Patricia Mountbatten, the eldest daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten — the last Viceroy of India — which will go under the hammer in London in March.
Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten was the Second Countess Mountbatten of Burma and had a strong royal connection as the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and first cousin to Prince Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.
The Sotheby’s auction in London, with estimates ranging from 80 pounds to 100,000 pounds, includes many items inherited from her ancestors sharing connections with India, a place that was said to be very special to the family.