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Lady Mountbatten s family collection to be offered at Sotheby s
Anniversary Gifts: A pair of jewelled gold and enamel elephants, Jaipur, 1946 (est. £2,000-3,000), and a Fabergé silver-gilt inkwell, probably workmaster Julius Rappoport, St Petersburg, circa 1900 (est. £4,000-6,000). Courtesy Sotheby s.
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.- The 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, great niece of Russias last Tsarina, first cousin to Prince Philip and the daughter of Britains last Viceroy of India, the late Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten was born in 1924 into a dazzling dynasty of royal and political relations. Over her eminent life at the very heart of Britains cultural establishment, she is known and remembered for her unwavering perseverance and beguiling sense of humour.