A historian fighting for the release of a tranche of royal letters claims they may have been suppressed to hide details of ‘lovers and mistresses’.
Andrew Lownie says he has spent £250,000 of his own money trying to see the private diaries of Lord Mountbatten, written from 1918 until 1979, when he was killed by the IRA.
The Mountbatten files include the private diaries of his wife Edwina, written from 1921 until her death in 1960, along with the correspondence between the pair.
The 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and his wife Edwina, Countess Mountbatten, pictured in their ceremonial robes in 1953
Lord Louis Mountbatten , the last Governor General from Britain waving a cheery farewell to the crowds in Delhi
The Prince of Wales has personally thanked staff who cared for his late father at St Barts Hospital before his death.
Prince Charles, 72, was on a visit to the historic hospital in the City of London today when he got the chance to meet privately with some of the team that cared for the Duke of Edinburgh when he was transferred for heart surgery in March.
Royal officials declined to say who, saying the hospital wanted to protect their identities, but confirmed the group included a nurse, a consultant and a therapist.
The Prince of Wales has personally thanked staff who cared for his late father at St Barts Hospital before his death.
Share God gave me the best Mother for my children I could ever ask for, you will never know how much she s done - Happy Mothers Day Dr. Sweetie [sic].
Simon followed it up with a later post thanking social media users for their kind wishes, adding: Always a hard day for me, you all certainly helped.
Simon said mothering Sunday is always a hard day for him, and he feels the pain of others who don t have a mother to share it with (pictured with his wife in a photo he shared at the weekend)
Simon followed up his initial post with a later comment thanking social media users for their kind wishes on Mother s Day in Australia, adding: Always a hard day for me, you all certainly helped
Final preparations for the Duke of Edinburgh s funeral have begun ahead of the Queen and her family saying their farewells to Philip. Tributes were paid to the duke from friends and colleagues in the hours before his interment and the Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage debuted a poem written to mark the death of the Queen s consort. A small group of the duke s close family and friends will attend a televised funeral service at St George s Chapel in Windsor Castle at 3pm. Andrew Matthews/PA Wire Covid regulations have reduced the scope of the service with public elements cancelled, mourners reduced from around 800 to just 30, and all guests wearing face masks and sitting apart.