With much red tape and the suppression of available evidence, obtaining files of this nature proved to be a Herculean task. In an attempt to provide a more holistic insight to the Mountbattens, Lownie accessed numerous archives and filed a number of Freedom of Information requests. As I watched Andrew Lownie, author of the biography The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Love talk to Narayani Basu about his critically acclaimed book at a session of the Jaipur Literature Festival 2022, I was drawn to find out more about the unique dynamism between the couple their tumultuous lives and very public love affairs over the decades. Attended by more than 8,000 guests, including the senior members of the British Royal family, the Mountbatten’s were the ‘It’ couple of their time. In the summer of 1922, St Margarets, Westminster played host to what was dubbed the wedding of the year.
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