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Hace 2 días · Mountbatten's nickname among family and friends was "Dickie"; however "Richard" was not among his given names. This was because his great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, had suggested the nickname of "Nicky", but to avoid confusion with the many Nickys of the Russian Imperial Family ("Nicky" was particularly used to refer to Nicholas II , the last Tsar), "Nicky" was changed to "Dickie".
- 1913–1965
Hace 1 día · History Non-Fiction- The Mountbattens: The Lives and Loves of Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten, Andrew Lownie. DICKIE MOUNTBATTEN: A major figure behind his nephew Philip’s marriage to Queen Elizabeth II and instrumental in the Royal Family taking the Mountbatten name, he was Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia during World War II and ...
Hace 4 días · In August 1979, the major news stories of the day were the Three Mile Island nuclear catastrophe, the overthrow of the Shah in Iran, and the murder, by the IRA, of Lord Mountbatten on his fishing skiff off the coast of Ireland. None of these dramas, however, mattered much to me or my brother.
Hace 3 días · We all know how much cinema adores a good historical story, with the very origins of Hollywood being rooted in historical epics and period pieces that aimed to transport us to a different time and place, giving us the chance to sample from the people who preceded us.
Hace 6 días · The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh's daughter was born in 2003. It was a joyous occasion for the royal family in November 2003 when the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh welcomed their first child ...
Hace 5 días · Dickie Arbiter, who worked closely with the Queen for many years as her Press Secretary, previously recalled an unforgettable day when he was invited to a small private lunch with the late ...
Hace 4 días · He was selected to keep Elizabeth and her younger sister, Princess Margaret, company (likely due to some behind-the-scenes pushing from his uncle Louis “Dickie” Mountbatten). According to Marion Crawford, governess to the two princesses, Philip impressed Elizabeth with his ability to jump over tennis nets.
