Credit: Allan Warren
Growing up in the Royal Family is an experience quite unlike the childhood many (if not all) of us had. Although Prince Charles was lucky enough to have both his parents in his life, they were both quite absent from his upbringing. This was both due to the fact mummy and daddy are Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip and the fact that the Queen was frightened by the tough nanny Helen Lightbody, and would stay clear of the nursery while she was in there.
By the time Helen was sacked, Charles was older, he had also bonded with his “Honorary Grandfather”, Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, better known as Lord Mountbatten. Lord Mountbatten was an uncle to Prince Philip and second cousin once removed to Queen Elizabeth. But other than being related to the future King, what experience did Mountbatten have in raising the young Prince?