Memories of Classiebawn Castle and Mullaghmore

04/10/2026

06/09/2026

OTD; 5th September 1979

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, was laid to rest.

Louis, a great grandson of HM Queen Victoria, second cousin of HM Queen Elizabeth Il and great-uncle of HM King Charles Ill, was assassinated by a bomb planted on his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland; The Provisional Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the murder of Louis.

Louis received a ceremonial funeral at Westminster Abbey.

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06/06/2026

My mother died peacefully yesterday. Whilst there is no tragedy in the death of a 97-year-old who has lived a full life I know grief will be unavoidable, lurking around waiting for me, but today I am simply grateful that she was my Mother. And through the prism of a crowded and remarkable past, she made incomparable company, carrying her memories lightly, and always with humour, and maintained right up to the end, the impeccable style, sharp mind, and effortless charm that made her not only a cherished institution, but truly the last of her kind.

06/06/2026

Tributes are being paid to Lady Pamela Hicks, daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten, who has died at the age of 97. A former lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II,...

30/05/2026

Here is an amazing aerial photo from 1954. Look how much has changed yet some things are just the same 72 years later.

27/04/2026

On a Day Like Today ~ April 27, 1977. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a great grandson of HM Queen Victoria as well as paternal great uncle of HM King Charles III, became the member of the Royal Family to appear on the TV guest show This Is Your Life. In the UK, 22.22 million people tuned in to watch the program.

This is Your Life is a British biographical television documentary, based on the 1952 American series. In the show, the host surprises a special guest, before taking them through their life with the assistance of the 'big red book'.

Read more: https://www.bigredbook.info/louis_mountbatten.html

Family sequence:
#1
HM Queen Victoria (Great Grandmother)
Princess Alice of the UK (Grandmother)
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (Mother)

Shared from History & Lives of the British Royals
https://www.facebook.com/History-Lives-of-the-British-Royals-122845112442353/

27/04/2026

66 years ago in a small village in Co. Sligo.