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India with her mother's sister:

"This is my mother’s dress. It has not seen the light of day for 30 years. Using the original dress maker and several fittings we shook off the dust, removed the neck, adjusted the length, cinched the waist and added some IH earrings. I wore it to her 90th �� birthday. She spotted it immediately, she still has a beady eye- although her hearing can sometimes be a bit off ‘I’m leaving to go skiing in Verbier’ I said at the end of the party, ‘you’re off to Serbia?’ She said surprised."

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvKxOw-gjoH/


Lovely picture with her mother!

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Alegra Hicks attends a private dinner hosted by Maria Kastani for close friends at the newly relaunched Momo on 1 April in London

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A new portrait for the Lady Pamela Hicks on the occassion of her 90th Birthday today!!

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Happy 90th Birthday to Lady Pamela Hicks!
 
Philip Knatchbull with his wife Wendy and his daughter Daisy at the Deck launch party, Wild by Tart, in London on 25 April

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Clare Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven with Lady Tatiana Mountbatten

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George Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven

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The Marchioness looks amazing for her age! In the above photo the two women look more like sisters in their 20s.
 
 
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CyrilVladisla said:
I like Lady Pamela's explanation of how Prince Philip took the name of Mountbatten after he stopped being a Prince of Greece.
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What explanation:ohmy: All she said was 'when he was no longer Prince of Greece he was a Mountbatten'. Not why.

And her explanation for Archie was faulty as well. Its not about 'direct heirs' but about those with no title. Archie shouldn't be a Mountbattan-Windsor.
 
Countessmeout said:
What explanation:ohmy: All she said was 'when he was no longer Prince of Greece he was a Mountbatten'. Not why.

And her explanation for Archie was faulty as well. Its not about 'direct heirs' but about those with no title. Archie shouldn't be a Mountbattan-Windsor.
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Well, if we analyze it she was just saying it in another way. Prince Philip took the last name Mountbatten when he became a naturalized British subject. This is because he was son of Princess Alice of Battenberg and grandson of the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven.

Mountbatten is a direct Anglicisation of the German Battenberg (literally Batten Mountain)

With Archie's, Mountbatten-Windsor is a cadet branch of the House of Mountbatten of cognatic descent. This name is given to Elizabeth's male-line descendants not holding Royal styles.
 
Countessmeout said:
What explanation:ohmy: All she said was 'when he was no longer Prince of Greece he was a Mountbatten'. Not why.

And her explanation for Archie was faulty as well. Its not about 'direct heirs' but about those with no title. Archie shouldn't be a Mountbattan-Windsor.
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She doesn't really need to explain surely? Philp gave up his royal title.. so he had to adopt a surname..and he used the anglicised version of his mother's house Battenburg..
 
Denville said:
She doesn't really need to explain surely? Philp gave up his royal title.. so he had to adopt a surname..and he used the anglicised version of his mother's house Battenburg..
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Was it absolutely necessary that Philip had to have a surname? Could he not have been Philip of Edinburgh, taken from his title?
 
As Philip gave up his royal title upon getting permission from George VI to marry Princess Elizabeth, before the official announcement of the engagement and during their engagement period, he was Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. He wasn't granted the title of Duke of Edinburgh until the day of their wedding.
 
CyrilVladisla said:
Was it absolutely necessary that Philip had to have a surname? Could he not have been Philip of Edinburgh, taken from his title?
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He needed a surname when he became a natrualised British citizen in February 1947. He couldn't spend the time from then until a maybe engagement and wedding without a surname.

He wasn't created Duke of Edinburgh until his wedding day.

The royals all have surnames, even those with titles. The Cambridge children may use 'Cambridge' as their surname at school but their real surname is still 'Mountbatten-Windsor' as we saw with William and his legal case in France. He had used 'Wales' as his surname through school and the military but when required by law to use an actual surname and not a title he used 'Mountbatten-Windsor' as a real surname that isn't a title is sometimes required.
 
eya said:
Lord Ivar Mountbatten and his family


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It's so nice to see a new family photo of Lord Mountbatten with his husband! They seem to be very happy together and it's lovely that his daughters have embraced James into the family (from what I can see in the photos). I loved Ivar's comment about how his daughters see James as another fun dad :D It looks as if they have pretty great parties from the photos!
 
Lady Tatiana Mountbatten attended the Longines World’s Best Racehorse & Longines World’s Best Horserace ceremony hosted by Longines and IFHA at The Landmark on January 22:


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Lady Tatiana Mountbatten attended a Valentine's Day dinner, hosted by Perrier-Jouet Champagne and Atelier Romy, at IT London on February 12:


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