Word: mountbatten
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Lady Louis & Negro. Returned from Malta, Lady Louis Mountbatten, wife of King George's first cousin once removed, stood before Lord Chief Justice Baron Hewart and heard herself exonerated of the charge of consorting with a Negro. London's sensational tabloid weekly People had blurted: "Famous Hostess Exiled. ... A scandal which has shaken society to its very depths . . . concerns . . . one of the leading hostesses in the country, a woman highly connected and immensely rich. Her associations with a colored man became so marked that they were the talk of the West End.- One day the couple were caught...
When Lord Louis Mountbatten, cousin of George V, fell off his pony during a polo match at Roehampton. onetime King Alfonso of Spain quickly ran out on the field, helped carry him to the dressing rooms...