World News – Season 4 of The Crown sheds new light on the tragic death of Lord Mountbatten

Season 4 of The Crown depicts some of the most important political events that occurred between 1979 and 1990, including the appointment of Margaret Thatcher as prime minister in 1979, the final years of apartheid, and the funeral of Lord Mountbatten.

The death of Louis Mountbatten, the first Earl of Mountbatten in Burma, has had a lasting impact on the royal family, with many denouncing his brutal murder as an act of cruelty. . Here’s what you should know about the tragedy.

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and last Viceroy of India, was killed in an attack organized by the IRA or the IRA. Thomas McMahon, a member of the Irish Republican Army and a seasoned bomb-maker, set up a remote-controlled explosive charge in Shadow V, the royal boat, the night before his death, according to Esquire.

in August. 27, 1979, Lord Mountbatten and six others, including his daughter, Patricia, and her husband, Lord John Brabourne, and their 14-year-old twins, Timothy and Nicholas, Lord Brabburn’s mother, Mrs. Doreen Brabourne, and family friend, Paul Maxwell, sailed the North Ocean Atlantic as part of a weekend adventure in Banks.

According to the documentary, Mountbatten: Death Of A Royal, they wanted to spend a beautiful day with lobster laying, tuna fishing and other fun activities – tragedy. The group had already gone out at sea when the bomb exploded. Lord Mountbatten and his 14-year-old grandson Nicholas and Paul died on the spot. Doreen Brabourne lost her life in the hospital the following day.

“The boat was there one minute and the next minute it was like a lot of matches floating in the water,” an eyewitness who witnessed the unfolding tragedy told the New York Times in 1979..

The attack on the royal family occurred on the same day as the Warren Point ambush, a twin bombing near Narrow Water in Warren Point, Northern Ireland, killing at least 18 soldiers and seriously wounding 20 others..

The IRA issued a press release the same day, stating that the atrocities were intended to highlight the double standards that apply to members of the royal family.

« The death of Mountbatten and the honor paid to him will be in stark contrast to the indifference of the British government and the English people to the deaths of more than three hundred British soldiers, the killing of Irish men and women, and children at the hands of their forces..

The horrific event had a lasting impact on the royal family, with many viewing the murder of Lord Mountbatten an act of barbarism.

His funeral was held in Westminster Abbey in September. 5, 1979. In his speech, Prince Charles denounced the extremist behind the attack, McMahon, for his horrific killing.

« [. . . Prince Charles said, according to Esquire:] The type of non-human extremist who blows people up when he feels like it.

McMahon was sentenced to life in prison in November. 23, 1979. He was released as part of the Good Friday Convention in August 1988.

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