Charm offensive: How the Mountbattens became the 20th Century’s mightiest power couple
Inside the glamorous world of Britain's most connected couple
- Words by: Anna Galbraith
Inside the glamorous world of Britain's most connected couple
Inside the glamorous world of Britain's most connected couple
Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten are that trite old maxim made flesh: it’s not what you know that’s important — it’s who you know. And the Mountbattens knew them all. Queens and kings (well, they were related to most of them); industrialist giants and political heavyweights; entertainment kingpins and career socialites; wartime generals and all time villains (even Rasputin reared his bearded head at one point). Forget about soft power — this was the hard stuff. And in his illuminating biography of this extraordinary couple, Andrew Lownie shows us how the Mountbattens deployed it to dazzling — and often devastating — effect.
Dickie and Edwina Mountbatten are that trite old maxim made flesh: it’s not what you know that’s important — it’s who you know. And the Mountbattens knew them all. Queens and kings (well, they were related to most of them); industrialist giants and political heavyweights; entertainment kingpins and career socialites; wartime generals and all time villains (even Rasputin reared his bearded head at one point). Forget about soft power — this was the hard stuff. And in his illuminating biography of this extraordinary couple, Andrew Lownie shows us how the Mountbattens deployed it to dazzling — and often devastating — effect.
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