Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, 68, looked demure as she arrived at Westminster Abbey for today s service in a impeccable blue-grey ensemble.
Lord Mountbatten s daughter, Lady Pamela, 92, shared on Instagram how her father once took the British society beauty out for a drive and an ice cream, only to play a joke at her expense.
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The leader of Ireland s Sinn Fein party has today apologised for the 1979 IRA assassination of Prince Philip s uncle Louis Mountbatten.
The IRA, of which Sinn Fein was once the political wing, killed Philip s uncle and mentor to Prince Charles as part of the decades-long conflict waged between Irish republicans and those who wanted Northern Ireland to remain in British hands.
Mary Lou McDonald, now leader of the party, said today that the bomb attack which killed Lord Mountbatten as he holidayed with his family at Classiebawn Castle was heartbreaking and she is sorry it happened .
Her comments came the day after Prince Philip was laid to rest at St George s Chapel in Windsor in front of his wife, Queen Elizabeth II, after his death at the age of 99.