Word: mountbatten
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...others: King George, Queen Mary, the dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, Lady Brabourne (Philip's first cousin and daughter of Earl Mountbatten), David Bowes-Lyon (the Queen's brother), King Haakon of Norway and Prince George of Greece...
...Sunday Pictorial suggested Franklin Delano as a possibility. Court gossips, who knew Elizabeth's and Philip's tastes, were betting on Louis or Nicholas (both Mountbatten names); there were sure to be traditionalists in on the debate who would insist on the usual David, George, Andrew, and Patrick* for the four corners of the United Kingdom. All of these might be included, but the name that he would bear if he became king would be decided by his grandfather, the present king. At any rate, Elizabeth proclaimed to friends, whether she won out on the name...
...When he heard her news, Philip's face lighted as fathers' faces have since time began, and he raced off to tell the King. There were others to tell as well-Queen Mary by telephone, Philip's mother, who was in Greece, and his uncle. Earl Mountbatten, by wire. After Philip had made his family calls, Home Secretary James Chuter Ede, the first on the official list, was duly notified...
Handsome Lady Mountbatten flew home from New Delhi with her handsome husband, who had just retired as Britain's last Governor General of India (TIME, June 28), after a well-nigh unforgettable leave-taking from his successor, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari...
Hands Across the Ages. In New Delhi, people gave Lord Mountbatten an endless and slightly rueful round of farewell parties. Preparing to take his place was Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (conveniently known as "C.R."), one of the Congress Party's austere leaders (he neither smokes, drinks nor goes to the movies). If the Dominion of India decides to break away from the British Commonwealth, C.R. will be its last Governor General. Said he last week: "I shall have to shake hands with Warren Hastings* across the ages, saying, 'You were the first and I am the last in your noble...