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The Crown: Who was Countess Mountbatten’s daughter and how did she die?

Leonora Knatchbull passed away in 1991

The Independent UK

The real Penny Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, as she appears in The Crown

The Crown suggests she and the late Duke of Edinburgh had a romantic affair together

Liverpool Echo

Did Prince Philip have an affair? The Crown's Penny Knatchbull storyline explained

The new season of The Crown, which has just dropped on Netflix, examines the close bond between the late Queen's husband Prince Philip and Penny Knatchbull, the Countess Mountbatten of Burma

Daily Mirror

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The Crown: Who was Countess Mountbatten’s daughter and how did she die?

Leonora Knatchbull passed away in 1991

The Independent UK

Shock as anti-monarchy messages appear across Greater Manchester on morning of Queen's funeral

The banners featured a series of 'inappropriate' messages, witnesses said

Manchester Evening News

Who is Penelope Knatchbull? Queen’s funeral guest and Prince Philip’s 'keeper of secrets'

Penelope Knatchbull, who attended the Queen's funeral today, is a close friend of both Prince Philip and the late monarch. Here's what you need to know about her including her relationship with the Royal Family

Daily Mirror

King Charles III praises Queen’s peacebuilding role in Northern Ireland

Charles and Camilla visited Belfast on Tuesday as part of a visit to the four home nations of the UK

Evening Standard

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Queen’s courage hailed as MLAs pay tribute to ‘greatest-ever monarch’

Unionist and nationalist political leaders paid tribute to the late monarch in a special sitting of the Stormont Assembly.

The Independent UK

Elizabeth and Philip: a love that lasted seven decades

Duke of Edinburgh was said to be the only person to treat the Queen as ‘simply another human being’

The Guardian - UK

Queen Elizabeth II - an extraordinary life

There has never been, and perhaps never will be again, a British monarch like Queen Elizabeth II

Manchester Evening News

India 1947: Partition in Colour review – a heartbreaking, rage-inspiring history of Britain’s colonial legacy

Lord Mountbatten’s division of India into two countries was a disaster in which a million died. Using newly colourised archive footage, this documentary explores those brutal events

The Guardian - UK

UK Government 'trying to cover up Prince Philip affair' in secret diary row, claims historian

Author Andrew Lownie estimates the Government has spent around £2 million trying to stop him seeing all the archive left by the Mountbatten family.

Daily Record

The truth of the ‘nonsense’ plot to dethrone Harold Wilson

Letter: The archives tell one story, but Hugh Cudlipp’s account of a meeting between Cecil Harmsworth King and Lord Mountbatten is a far more reliable source of information, says Brian Basham

The Guardian - UK

Prince Louis follows in dad William's footsteps by having his surname changed for Royal tradition

The four-year-old prince will have his name changed later in his life

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The Independent UK

‘Architect of 1968 coup plot’ dramatised in The Crown denied involvement – files

Publishing supremo Cecil King said the plot claims were nonsense.

Daily Mirror

Perfectly-preserved slice of Queen's wedding cake up for auction - but fans can't eat it

The piece of fruit cake, one of 2,000 given out at Buckingham Palace after the Queen and Prince Phillip's historic wedding, will be auctioned off with a guide price of between £200 and £400

The Independent UK

Parade biker, 86, has been riding motorcycles for as long as Queen’s reign

Peter Biles, who is driving his vintage motorbike in the Jubilee pageant, took up the hobby 70 years ago.

Daily Mirror

Meghan Markle admits they almost gave Archie different name - but were 'torn' over it

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry called their first born Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, but according to the duchess there was another option on the table

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Edinburgh Live

The Queen and Prince Philip's rift over Archie's surname that caused other royals to step in

Many of the family, such as Prince George, use their parents' 'Cambridge' title as their surname, their cousins Archie and Lilibet use the royal family's 'official' last name - Mountbatten-Windsor

Daily Record

Archie's surname caused rift between Queen and Prince Philip with other royals forced to step in

Many of the youngsters in the family, such as Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis use their parents' 'Cambridge' title as their surname.

Bristol Post

The Queen requested family surname change after Prince Philip was 'irritated' in Royal Family row

Philip was annoyed that he could not give his name to his children

Daily Mirror

Archie's surname caused huge rift between Queen and Philip so other royals had to step in

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's children Archie and Lilibet aren't senior enough to have HRH titles, which means they use the royal family's official surname - Mountbatten-Windsor

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