Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma Dies Aged 93

It was announced on Wednesday that Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma passed away on June 13 at the age of 93 surrounded by her family at her home in Mersham, Kent.

A family spokesperson said that “arrangements for a funeral in London followed by the burial service in Mersham will be announced in due course”.

Patricia was the elder daughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and his wife, Edwina Ashley; making her a first cousin of the Duke of Edinburgh. As a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Patricia was also a third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. She served as godparent for Prince Charles, who said of the Countess’s death: “She played an extremely important part in my life and I shall miss her presence most dreadfully.”

Born in February 1924, Patricia was married to John Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne (later 7th Baron Brabourne) in 1946. She succeeded her father to the Earldom, becoming the 2nd Countess, in 1979 when the Earl was assassinated in an IRA bomb attack on the coast of County Slingo. Also killed in the bomb blast was Patricia’s second youngest son, Nicholas, her mother-in-law, the Dowager Baroness Brabourne, and a local boatboy.

The Countess is survived by four sons, two daughters, eighteen grandchildren, and her younger sister, Pamela.

Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma has died aged 93.
She was a 1st cousin to Prince Philip.
May she rest in peace pic.twitter.com/HDAj6Z84hy

— Royal Trio Updates (@RoyalTrioUpdate) June 14, 2017

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