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« Reply #165 on: June 30, 2022, 09:02:31 PM »

And Tatler STILL has the errors --it's Penny's GRANDson, not great-grandson! 
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« Reply #166 on: November 02, 2022, 12:26:21 AM »

Young Patricia Mountbatten playing vwith her dolls on July 14, 1925     
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« Reply #167 on: November 02, 2022, 12:48:16 AM »

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can anyone recommend a good biography of Uncle Dickie. please?

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« Reply #168 on: November 02, 2022, 02:33:40 PM »

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can anyone recommend a good biography of Uncle Dickie. please?

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Philip Zeigler wrote his official biography, and there's a LOT of naval and Indian political stuff in it.  "The First Mountbattens," about his parents, is very good and not so dry.
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« Reply #169 on: November 02, 2022, 02:49:19 PM »

And even though Princess Alice was technically never a Mountbatten (marrying long before the family name change), there are some good biographies on her out there. When I get home I'll look at my bookshelf.
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« Reply #170 on: November 03, 2022, 10:01:21 PM »

And even though Princess Alice was technically never a Mountbatten (marrying long before the family name change), there are some good biographies on her out there. When I get home I'll look at my bookshelf.

There's really only one on Alice, by Hugo Vickers.
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« Reply #171 on: November 03, 2022, 10:49:03 PM »

And even though Princess Alice was technically never a Mountbatten (marrying long before the family name change), there are some good biographies on her out there. When I get home I'll look at my bookshelf.

There's really only one on Alice, by Hugo Vickers.

Excellent book - definitely recommend it
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« Reply #172 on: November 04, 2022, 03:05:40 PM »

Third it...
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« Reply #173 on: November 04, 2022, 06:52:32 PM »

"Daugther of Empire" My life as a Mountbatton

That was written by Patricia Mountbatton. it is actually the story of her youth when her father was living in India. I read it, but was a bit disappointed, nevertheless interesting to read her point of view and experiences. Being so privileged and seeing everything what happened there thru the eyes of the upper classes.
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« Reply #174 on: November 04, 2022, 06:57:29 PM »

"Daugther of Empire" My life as a Mountbatton

That was written by Patricia Mountbatton. it is actually the story of her youth when her father was living in India. I read it, but was a bit disappointed, nevertheless interesting to read her point of view and experiences. Being so privileged and seeing everything what happened there thru the eyes of the upper classes.

I felt the same. I was really excited to read this book but it wasn't exciting at all. Anne Glenconner did a better job of describing a similar time period.
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« Reply #175 on: November 06, 2022, 10:15:57 AM »

Are you referring to "Lady in Waiting"? If you can recommend it, I would order it for my kindle.
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« Reply #176 on: November 06, 2022, 12:40:40 PM »

I finished "Lady in waiting" this morning. It reads pretty well, but overall I got some Stockholm Syndrome vibes from Lady Glenconner life. She was just a doormat for her nasty husband and equally nasty Princess Margaret and seems to be justifying this throughout the book.
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« Reply #177 on: November 06, 2022, 03:08:24 PM »

I finished "Lady in waiting" this morning. It reads pretty well, but overall I got some Stockholm Syndrome vibes from Lady Glenconner life. She was just a doormat for her nasty husband and equally nasty Princess Margaret and seems to be justifying this throughout the book.


Lady in waiting is a splendid book - there has been a more recent on by Anne Glenconner called "whatever next" that has had extracts serialised in one of the newspapers which is altogether rather more difficult and dark - very bad life she had with Colin her husband
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« Reply #178 on: November 06, 2022, 05:41:18 PM »

Thank you both for the book tipps! I will order it.
She seems to write also crime stories, I found out by looking for her on amazon.
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« Reply #179 on: January 10, 2023, 12:41:19 AM »

1927 Front cover of The Tatler featuring The Marchioness of Milford Haven, David, Earl of Medina, and Lady Tatiana   
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