The Battenberg - Mountbattens

[Marengo]

I think I only see American girls and a french guy who is hitting on them, no British accent spotted yet, so who is Tatiana?

The Telegraph has an interview with Countess Mountbatten of Burma:

Countess Mountbatten: 'I cried every morning for six months'


Last Updated: 12:02am GMT 20/02/2008



Few people have known such appalling family tragedy as Countess Mountbatten. She tells Elizabeth Grice how she used the experience to help others
On the calm, fine Bank Holiday Monday morning of August 27, 1979, the Mountbattens' old green fishing boat, Shadow V, was making its last lobster-pot excursion of the summer holidays.

As it puttered into Donegal Bay with three generations of the family and a local boy on board, 50lb of gelignite concealed under its floorboards was detonated from the shore by the IRA.
The wooden boat was blown into the air and came down as splinters. Two adults died, two young boys were killed and three other people were left fighting for their lives.
"My own memory," says Patricia, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, "is of a vision of a ball exploding upwards and then of 'coming to' in the sea and wondering if I would be able to reach the surface before I passed out.
I have very vague memories, now and again, of floating among the wood and debris, being pulled into a small rubber dinghy before totally losing consciousness for days." In her lucid intervals, unable to open her eyes, or speak, or even weep, she began to realise that a monstrous swathe had been cut through her family.

Read the entire article here.

[zembla]

Tatiana has been out there a lot more lately...I didn't even recognize her until I saw her last name Mountbatten in a recent editorial she did for Tatler. This Crillon Ball put her on the map and obviously scored her a spot on The Hills since they have 2 shows focusing on the Ball...

That show is really big with girls in her age group.

[CasiraghiTrio]

I like the idea of Tatiana being open to something rather than looking down on it. It's a mark of good character when you refrain from categorizing anyone as trash, even if you believe it to be true. Talking trash about anyone, no matter if that are commonly so categorized, is simply not classy.

[zembla]

Tatiana was featured a little last night...they showed her photoshoot with LC helping out and stuff like that.

[Lady Marmalade]

I would recall her back to England immediately and not her get mixed up with a bunch of nouveau riche little brats whose lives are spilled across US and People and In Touch magazine that we have to look at in the supermarket.

[CasiraghiTrio]

The Knatchbull-Brabourne family are related to Jane Austen. Jane's niece, Fanny Knight, married Sir Edward Knatchbull, and their eldest son, Edward Hugessen Knatchbull, became the 1st Baron Brabourne in 1880. The Baron inherited from his mother the letters Jane wrote to her sister Cassandra. It has been noted often that Jane was extremely close to Fanny, Lady Knatchbull, who is considered to have been Jane's favorite niece/nephew, probably almost like her own daughter. In fact, Fanny's romance with Sir Edward was somewhat inspirational for the novel Persuasion. Apparently, Fanny had some doubts on whether to accept Sir Edward's proposal, supposedly because of financial trouble, though they were supposedly deeply in love, and Fanny sought aunt Jane's advice. The novel is completely fictional, though. It has long been my favorite of Austen's books, Emma being #2 and S & S being #3 favorites for me.

[cmkrcwi]

FWIW, India Hicks is the host of the reality competition program Top Design which is a sort of Project Runway for interior designers.

[lac2003]

I'm a biology teacher who does a unit on genetic disorders, and being a bit of a royalty geek, I spend a few days on the Hemophilia inheritance in Queen Victoria's descendents.
I'm interested in any information out there about Princess Beatrice's (QV's youngest daughter) two sons who had hemophilia. Prince Leopold of Battenberg died in 1914 of wounds suffered in WWI, and Prince Maurice died after the war due to complications from surgery, but that's pretty much all I know. The more that I know about the hemophilia sufferers, the more poignant, and I hope, more interesting the "story" becomes.

[Alberto2244]

Prince Charles' godson Nicholas Knatchbull caught on video smoking crack cocaine - mirror.co.uk

[Dierna23]

Oh no, poor Nicky. Not again drugs. He has to fight against his drug addiction for years now. I hope he will turn the right way soon. Its really sad news but no surprise to me as he lives a very different live as his parents and sister do. He's a House-DJ btw.

[lumutqueen]

Indeed. Not very good news.
I hope he changes his ways soon.

[Ella Kay]

Oh, dear. I hope he seeks treatment.

[susan alicia]

How stupid can you get. He is too old for "tough love" or whatever, I thought he would be a teenager and suffering from teenage angst.

Saw a programme on the BBC where celebrities tried to experience homelessness and one of them, the Marquess of Blandford, he stands to inherit Blenheim I think, copt out, stayed in a hotel and lied about it.

What is wrong with these people is it education or character I wonder.

[Ella Kay]

I think having the kind of privileges these aristocratic children do can either make you a better or a worse person. Unfortunately, this seems to be a "worse" example.

[Dierna23]

I think Nicholas is a kind of very sensible and the Mountbattens/Knatchbulls had several tragedies. Nicholas' younger sister Leonora died at the age of 5, suffered from cancer. He had several rehabs and seemed to be really happy when he was clean but sadly that didn't stay for long...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-21583403/

[Katrianna]

There gets to be a point when parents can do no more and they have to let go. Their child will either sink or swim. Nicholas is immature and self-centered and is using any excuse to use drugs. The family has experienced tragedy, but have survived and I refuse to believe Nicholas' whining.
I apologize if I've offended some posters, that sincerely was not my intent. I've lived with this in my family and have a good friend that has gone through and Nicholas' parents are enablers. He has to truly hit rock bottom before he can reform and some people never make it. It's cruel, but true. I'm sorry,but I can't have sympathy for a privileged aristocrat using drugs and complaining about his sister receiving money and he didn't so he has to use.

[suztav]

Originally Posted by Katrianna

There gets to be a point when parents can do no more and they have to let go. Their child will either sink or swim. Nicholas is immature and self-centered and is using any excuse to use drugs. The family has experienced tragedy, but have survived and I refuse to believe Nicholas' whining.
I apologize if I've offended some posters, that sincerely was not my intent. I've lived with this in my family and have a good friend that has gone through and Nicholas' parents are enablers. He has to truly hit rock bottom before he can reform and some people never make it. It's cruel, but true. I'm sorry,but I can't have sympathy for a privileged aristocrat using drugs and complaining about his sister receiving money and he didn't so he has to use.

Katianna, no apologies needed. You are 1,000 % correct. I became physically ill reading this story. The best thing his parents could do is to cut him off --- financially --- let him see how the rest of the world lives. He will either learn or die. Frankly, I don't know which one is the better alternative for this very sad young man who had so much but decided to throw it away.

[Zonk]

It is a tragedy there is not doubt about it. But as previously mentioned....Nicholas has to want to get well. Trying to stay drug free is an ever day struggle...you don't just wake up one day clean.

Also, as previously mentioned the money aspect is a problem...as it before it seems like money wasn't a problem therefore he could get continual access to drugs.

[susan alicia]

Charles's godson on crack: Nicholas Knatchbull, heir to Mountbatten's £100m fortune, found in squalid crack den | Mail Online

[BeatrixFan]

Oh well. Up to Nicholas I 'spose.