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Here you will discover the back stories of kings, titans of industry, stellar athletes, giants of the entertainment field, scientists, politicians, artists and heroes – all of them gay or bisexual men. If their lives can serve as role models to young men who have been bullied or taught to think less of themselves for their sexual orientation, all the better. The sexual orientation of those featured here did not stand in the way of their achievements.

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Lord Mountbatten

Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979) was born Seine Durchlaucht Prinz Ludwig von Battenberg (His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg), but his German titles and name were dropped during WW I, when his family changed its surname from Battenberg to Mountbatten in an effort to distance themselves from their German heritage*. He was assassinated in 1979 while on holiday at his summer home in Ireland, when the Provisional IRA planted a bomb in his fishing boat.

Edward Prince of Wales and his cousin Lord Louis Mountbatten “relax” in a canvas swimming pool on board H. M. S. Renown during their 1920 Empire Tour.













Lord Louis was a great grandson of Queen Victoria and the uncle of Prince Philip (consort of Queen Elizabeth II). Mountbatten was also a promiscuous bisexual who was famously rumored to have had an affair with Edward VIII (who was Prince of Wales at the time) when he accompanied him on his Empire tours (see photo above). Another “close friend” was an Irish student whom he met at Cambridge – James Jeremiah Victor Fitzwilliam Murphy - who was known by the name of Peter Murphy, a leading Cambridge homosexual with strong left wing leanings. He became Mountbatten's close and constant companion, and Mountbatten supported him with an annual allowance of 600 pounds until Murphy's death in 1966. The well-known homosexual Noel Coward was also included among Lord Louis’s close circle of friends.

Although Lord Louis married Edwina, a fabulously wealthy socialite, he cut a wide swath through both high and low born men and women. As Mountbatten himself once put it, “Edwina and I spent all our married lives getting into other people's beds.” His wife was to have a torrid affair while in India with Panditji Nehru, Prime Minister of India, so it appears a merry old time was had by all. Edwina, Nehru and Mountbatten (photo at right) were fully engaged in a classic love triangle, but it is generally acknowledged that Nehru was the love of Edwina’s life. All three of them were known by insiders as having bisexual proclivities. Mountbatten said they were a "happy little threesome." As for Mountbatten and Edwina, they fought most of the time and lived apart for much of their lives.

Between affairs Lord Louis became Admiral of the Fleet (British Royal Navy), the last Viceroy of India, the Earl Mountbatten of Burma and the first Governor-General of an independent India. A former favorite of Winston Churchill, after 1948 Churchill never spoke to him again over Mountbatten’s role in the independence of Pakistan and India. On August 15, 1947, on Mauntbatten's watch, Britain relinquished its Indian Empire. Churchill’s infamous bigoted quote about Indians: “They are a beastly people with a beastly religion.” As Supreme Allied Commander for Southeast Asia during WW II, Mountbatten's war service culminated in the recapture of Burma from the Japanese.

Mountbatten forged a close bond with his grand nephew Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, who was deeply affected by his murder in 1979. Mountbatten had a strong influence on Prince Charles, who declared that things would never be the same after the loss of his mentor. Lord Louis was known as “Dickie” to family and close friends, which was unusual, considering that Richard was not among his given names. Oh, I nearly forgot. "Dickie" was widely known in the military as "Mountbottom." I'm not making this up.

Mountbatten’s indiscretions paled in comparison to his elder brother George, who inherited the title Marquis of Milford Haven on the death of their father. George was also a promiscuous bisexual who was married to another bisexual: Nadeja, Countess of Torby, who was a niece of Czar Nicholas II.


George Mountbatten's claim to infamy was his vast collection of pornography, which he lavished money on, lovingly binding it into volumes emblazoned with the family crest. Some of the pornography consisted of photos of aristocrats having intercourse with their servants, but far more disturbing were the pictures of family orgies in which children were involved in active sexual participation and bestiality. On George's death the collection was inherited by his son, so part of it is it still in the hands of the Mountbatten descendants, although the bulk of it was donated to the British Museum. Don't expect to see it on display.

*When WWI bred increasing anti-German sentiment in Britain, astute observers noted that the Kaiser was Queen Victoria’s grandson and King George V’s first cousin. In recognition of the delicacy of the position, George V changed the name of his royal house from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, after the castle. At the same time, he also took the modern step of adopting Windsor as a surname for his family. 

Note: This post was updated December, 2020

Sources: 

The Mountbattens -- Their Lives and Loves by Andrew Lownie (2019)

FBI files (dating back to 1944) obtained by Freedom of Information Act


43 comments:

  1. British royalty changed their name from Saxa-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor to distance themselves from their germanic heritage. Minor Royals such as Mountbatten followed suit with their own surnames.

    Interesting article and great aim for the site. I wouldn't want factual errors to undermine this.

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  2. Oh! What Evil webs we weave! When we practice to deceive

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    1. Oh what a Tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive

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    2. …But when we've practised quite a while,
      My, how we improve our style

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  3. There is a full documentary on Youtube about the various sins of the Royal Family. It is so scurrilous that I doubt a lot of it is true, although this bit seems to be. The Edwina-Nehru affair is widely known (there was a movie about it--I think it is called The Last Viceroy), and the bisexual rumors don't disturb me, but the child porn charges are truly shocking. I must say I am also chagrined that Churchill said that about the Indian people. I think they are lovely people, and I think it was right to relinquish The Raj, but I regret the bloodshed that followed. Still, today India seems to be thriving, despite continued outrages against women. I've got a lot of opinions, don't I?

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    1. Especially given Churchill's atrocious appearance and manners. Ugh! SI tu n'es pas joli, soit poli!!

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    2. You have a right to your opinions, it's hard to believe anything that is said by the press about anyone. If they were bisexual that doesn't shock anyone these days but you're right about the child participation, that's some sick twisted people who would do something like that! I doubt very seriously that if that whole pornography portfolio existed that it would have been given to the British museum, that would be self incriminating and I doubt anyone wants that kind of bad press. The royals of that generation got up to some really crazy activities because they were spoiled and bored! And if Churchill made a comment like that we can only take it with a grain of salt because of the generation he was born into, they were all politically incorrect! I have my opinions to and I never get worked up over anything I read in the press and barely anything I see on the news because it's someone else's opinion and add libed to sell!

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    3. Rumors become history when confirmed it takes time but the noise means something true is behind.. this shows that bisexuality is part of humanity and not a mental desease
      It is our judeo christian society that always wants to decide how things should be and does not accept as they are .. yes u r true Chirchill was son of his eta and thought accordingly
      «We all are conditioned by the mentality of the century while visiting the world during our life
      ( queen Elisabeth said more or less that .. heard it in tv yesterday )

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  4. I see you have opted for 'rumoured' when you have absolutely not proof of any of this, in fact where is the proof?
    Mountbatten was not well liked by some members of the royal family the Duke and Duchess of Windsor for one.

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    1. Mountbatten was extremely close to the Duke of Windsor until 1937 (as you can see from the photo above) I don't think the Duke ever forgave him for not attending his weeding to Wallace

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    2. Well the Duke ear himself a bloody traitor to his nation and Jan an affair with Louis during the empire tours. As for that Yankee harlot and usurper, a pro Nazi bitch. I would never learn to those could say.

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    3. No member of the Royal family was present at the Duke's wedding in France and quite rightly so. That Yankee harlot has never allowed to received by any noble or Royal house in Europe.

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    4. OMG - you sound like my long dead mother.

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  5. I think you will find dear Dickie took prince Charles under his wing for his own reasons .

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  6. Prince Charles from an early age knew Dickie had it in for him .

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  7. I think you will find dear Dickie took prince Charles under his wing for his own reasons .

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    1. Yes Uncle Dick enouraged Charles with young boys at a hotel on the Buckingham Palace Road

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  8. Was Louis Mountbatten the 1st or 2nd cousin of Edward v111 and his brother George v1?

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    1. He was second cousin of both Edward VIII and George VI

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  9. Lord Mountbatten has been linked to a Major pedophile scandal regarding an Irish school boys

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  10. His cousin Edward has being known to be bisexual. There are rumors of his nephew prince Phillips to be also bisexual and pedophile. Charles we know has had homosexual experiences. His closeness to Saville and a pedophile bishop and to his uncle Lord Mountbatten and the unpublished spider notes makes people wonder if Charles is also bisexual and a pedophile or what?

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    1. And all the nice strong French lads when he was in France " painting " Yeah painting BOLLOCKS!!

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  11. He picked Camilla over Diane .That says gay to me

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    1. It spells Bad Taste to me, which is the opposite of Gay.

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    2. It's really easy to create stories about the dead since they aren't here to defend themselves.

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    3. Contrary to your insinuation, these "stories" were not created after Lord Mountbatten's death. All of it was well known during his lifetime. Read a few books to educated yourself about the particulars. I did (your blogger).

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    4. All of it was well substantiated or just well publicized by the media ?

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    5. Don't be so lazy, spouting conspiracy theories. Read some books, get the facts before challenging anyone's comments. Sheesh! -- your blogger.

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  12. Is there anymore articles that refrenref mountbatton and pedophilia

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    1. I really admire this man but cannot imagine him involved in an international paedophile gang using children, that is revolting!!

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    2. That's a bit hard for me to accept too . It's like accepting Sally Hemmings had Thomas Jefferson's bastard . Might be true but seems so out of character . Lovers of liberty lost a dear friend that day in 1979 .

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    3. You do know that DNA confirmed Jefferson's mixed descendants? The white and black descendants even met up on tv.

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  13. I just watched a documentary on YouTube about this disgusting, creepy pig called "Secrets of the Royals-Lord Mountbatten:Hero or Villian"....I wonder why no mention of the pedophile ring he was rumored to be involved in?? I also wondered if he somehow cleverly murdered his wife, Edwina. And I wouldn't be surprised if Queen Elizabeth Bowles-Lyon plotted his murder....given how they hated each other and the fact that Hitler himself is quoted as calling her, the most dangerous woman alive. I put nothing past this disgusting inbred, narcissistic, sociopathic, narcopathic family, as well as other monarchs, emporers, etc. Can't believe people admire such filthy, morally corrupt slime yet condemn poor people, minorities, homosexuals, those with disabilities etc!

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    1. Queen Elizabeth II plotted the death of Lord Mountbatten? Princess Elizabeth (a mere teen, then) called the most dangerous woman alive by Adolf H.? Is that you, Meghan Markle?

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    2. Wasn’t queen elizabeth Bowles-Lyon the queen mother

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  14. My Grandfather was an aide to General Macarthur,and spent an extensive amount of time with Lord Mountbatten. According to first hand accounts Mountbatten had a problem with his Wife who was notorious for sleeping around because Mountbatten was nailing anything in a skirt. How you came up that he was attracted to men I find bizarre.

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    1. Scotts wear skirts ( kilts )

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    2. Militant gays will try to drag in anyone they can!

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    3. Yup, and they are a powerful lobby group. It's one thing to have equal legal rights and be free to follow one's sexual orientation without harassment and quite another to have in your face activist gays imposing their lifestyle on the rest of us.

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    4. Mountbatten was called Mountbottom by the circle that knew him intimately. He played the female role during sex and he loved every inch of it.

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  15. So simple to present an opinion as fact, far more difficult to deliver proof. Opinion is not reality.

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