The assassination of Prince Charles’s great-uncle and confidant, Lord Mountbatten, at the hands of the IRA in 1979, rocked the royal family. Is Lord Mountbatten related to Prince Philip? Lord Mountbatten was the maternal uncle of Philip. … Lord Mountbatten was the great-grandson of Queen Victoria. His elder sister, AliceRead More →

Mountbatten and Windsor are the family names of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth respectively. The House of Windsor family name was agreed upon by King George V in 1917. Before that, the royal family of the United Kingdom belonged to the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Was Prince CharlesRead More →