Smithsonian Channel - Known affectionately by his family as “Uncle Dickie,” Lord Louis Mountbatten was a second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II and an uncle to her husband, Prince Philip.
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The Crown on X: "Lord Louis Mountbatten, otherwise known as Uncle Dickie. A great mentor to his grand-nephew Prince Charles. https://t.co/OLefONsYEE" / X
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Anastasia Romanov - The feelings of Mary and Louis Mountbatten: an almost love story: Dickie Mountbatten was born Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas of Battenberg (Battenberg was anglicised to Mountbatten in 1917),
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