Charles closer to grandmother than father
Charles was an introvert when he was growing up and gravitated more towards the arts than sports. This reportedly disappointed Philip, who pushed Charles to be less sensitive about things and tried to toughen him up. As a result, Prince Charles developed a closer bond with his grandmother, Elizabeth, who was also known as Queen Mother.
Prince Charles talking to his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, in front of a fireplace at Sandringham, Scotland, 1969 (Getty Images)
By all reports, Prince Charles was a sensitive child, while Prince Philip sought to raise a child in his own image. A resilient character such as Philip, who sees being tough as a necessity for survival, wants to toughen up his son and his son is very sensitive, Lady Edwina Mountbatten had told Seward as reported by the Daily Mail at the time. Prince Philip was reportedly a lot closer with his remaining children, Anne, Edward, and Andrew, who received a lot of the parental love
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The lineage of Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, is one of untold glamour and formidable dynasties. The daughter of Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a great-niece of the last Tsarina of Russia, the Countess lived an illustrious life. Now, she is fondly remembered for her “unwavering perseverance and beguiling sense of humour”. © University of Southampton Library Lord and Lady Mountbatten and their daughter Patricia Mountbatten, all in uniform
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GSTAAD Good old Helvetia, I’m quitting her for the rainy but pleasant land of England, the cows beginning to resemble chorus girls and the village an alpine Colditz. Too much of a good thing, said a wise man to a friend of mine who wanted to live on the French Riviera year-round. That was long ago. The South of France is now what Trump described some Central American countries as, a “shithole,” and a very expensive one at that. The real Riviera now lies far away from the coast, up in the hills, Saint-Paul-de-Vence and the environs. The rest of the Côte d’Azur, where Russian and Arab gangsters have bought all the great houses on the water, now reminds me of Baku, where during the turn of the last century the Great Game was being played between Russia, Britain, and Germany, with Sir Basil Zaharoff triple-crossing all three.
Princestan is many pages of revelations: Jairam Ramesh
Tue, Feb 16 2021 09:27:13 AM
By Sukant Deepak
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS): Stressing that author and journalist Sandeep Bamzais recently released book ‘Princestan: How Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten Made India manages to unearth multiple facets of the period between 1945 and 1947, Congress MP and writer Jairam Ramesh said that though history tells us that the British transferred power to India and Pakistan, there was also a third party to which the British were toying with the idea of transferring power to. Most of our historical discussions and discourses tend to neglect Princestan. We focus only on the transfer of power to India and Pakistan. Bamzai has not only brought together all the material on Princestan but also tells his readers a fascinating tale of how three key personalities Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten, helped by V.P. Menon played a decisive role in ensuring that India did not get Balkanized, and the partit
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