Word: mountbatten
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Lord & Lady Louis Mountbatten. Lady Mountbatten, born Edwina Cynthia Ashley, is a famed British beauty, great & good friend of Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt...
...Cannes on the palmy Riviera last week duty called Edward of Wales to inspect the British destroyer H. M. S. Wishart, commanded by his cousin Lord Louis Mountbatten. Some years ago Alfonso XIII, then King of Spain, thought the Prince was deliberately insulting him when H. R. H. turned up at a review of the Spanish fleet in civilian grey flannels and a floppy soft hat (TIME, May 16, 1927). Last week loyal British residents of Cannes and officers of the Wishart understood that nothing was amiss when Royal Edward arrived for the inspection wearing rope-soled sandals, grey linen...
...Kent returned from Yugoslavia, London papers having it that the Duchess spent most of her time there "resting and sewing'' upon a layette. Until next spring they expect to rusticate at 40-room "Adsdean" in Sussex, loaned by Queen Victoria's Great-grandson Lord Louis Mountbatten who normally rents it for $250 per week...
...that time occurred the notorious Cosden robbery in which $100,000 worth of diamonds, pearls and rubies were filched from Mrs. Cosden's dressing table. Lady Mountbatten lost $42,000 of jewelry tossed on a tray near...
...part of a full-page advertisement in the New York Herald Tribune appeared a facsimile of the following cablegram from London: "PRINCE WALES PRINCE GEORGE WEARING SLIDE FASTENERS ON TROUSER FLIES STOP LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN RECOMMENDED THIS IDEA TO THEM STOP FASTENERS USED ARE MANUFACTURED BY IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD BY ARRANGEMENT WITH HOOKLESS FASTENER COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA...