A new three part series the private lives of the windsors kicks off with lord mountbatten the naval commander who introduced the queen to nephew phillip and later became a mentor charles.

Lord mountbatten queen elizabeth family tree. Over the course of his life lord mountbatten was said to be a close confidante of prince philip and later prince charles. P pin episode 4 of the crown season 3 titled bubbikins we meet princess alice for the first time and get a peek into. When male or unmarried female descendants of queen elizabeth need to use a surname.

However as a great grandson of queen victoria himself louis. Lord mountbatten was the uncle of the queens husband prince philip. John knatchbull 7th baron brabourne.

Under a declaration made in privy council in 1960 the name mountbatten windsor applies to male line descendants of the queen without royal styles and titles. Lord mountbattens great grandmother was queen victoria and his sister was princess alice of battenberg prince philips mother. Edwina cynthia annette ashley daughter of wilfrid ashley 1st baron mount temple and great granddaughter of anthony ashley cooper 7th earl of shaftesbury.

Paged 79 years old. Getty images mountbatten has even been credited with introducing a young prince philip to the then princess elizabeth. Where does lord mountbatten fit in the royal family tree.

The complicated history of the royal familys last name mountbatten windsor. When mountbatten married the beautiful heiress edwina ashley in 1922 king george v queen mary and most members of the royal family attended while edward then the prince of wales was best man. Philips mother princess alice of battenberg was louis sister.

Mountbatten windsor is the personal surname used by some of the male line descendants of queen elizabeth ii and prince philip duke of edinburgh. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg. Individuals with royal styles do not usually use a surname but some descendants of the queen with royal styles have used mountbatten windsor when a surname was required.

Louis mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma 19001979 m. Lord frederick windsor. Prince philips family tree image.

Patricia knatchbull 2nd countess mountbatten of burma 19242017 m. Coronation portrait of e.