I wouldnt say it was a coup but he was concerned about the way the country was going and he put forward suggestions so he was trying to be as helpful as possible lord mountbatten in 1966.

Lord mountbatten coup. Did lord mountbatten consider the coup against harold wilson. One other major plot line will lord louis mountbattens apparent coup against harold wilson which features in the fifth episode of the new series and is called coup but what really happened at. An fbi dossier on mountbatten released in.

In the third season of the crown lord mountbatten is approached to lead a coup against labours then prime minister harold wilson. The army sas mi5 parts of mi6 parts of the raf and a smattering of royal navy elements would then put down the police and anti coup factions in the armed forces. No such coup has ever been confirmed though theories abound and.

How much of the drama is true. Against that backdrop mountbatten who had always harbored political ambitions was approached to act as a figurehead in a national argument by two newspapermen hugh cudlipp and cecil king. Throughout lord mountbattens life and in the years after he died in an ira bombing on august 27 1979 rumors swirled about his extramarital affairs.

In 1974 the army occupied heathrow airport on the grounds of training for possible ira terrorist action at the airport. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg. 25 june 1900 27 august 1979 was a british royal navy officer and statesman an uncle of prince philip duke of edinburgh and second cousin once removed of queen elizabeth iiduring the second world war he was supreme allied commander south east asia.

Andrew lownie author of a new book on the mountbattens explores the truth of the suggested coup attempt november 29 2019 at 948 am. The strategic coup plan edit there would be a coup mooted from 1965 to 1979 lead by lord mountbatten his scots cronies the sas and the army leadership.