The Scandal That Shaped Partition: The House of Mountbatten
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This week on our Empire Club mini series, we're going to carry on with the story of a scandal that shaped partition. Alex and I are discussing the unconventional marriage between the last Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, and his wife Edwina Mountbatten. Now, last week, you'll remember we set up Nehru's life before. He fell in love with Edwina. This week we ask, how did the Mountbatten end up in India to begin with?
Here's a clip from the episode where we discuss one of Edwina's many affairs of the 1920s and 30s. To access the full series, just head to Empirepoduk.com, Empirepoduk.com and become a friend of the show. She was young, she was beautiful, she was rich, she was married to someone who wasn't enough for her. She was probably gadding about a bit. And we put a pin, for instance, in Leslie Hutchinson and Paul Robson.
Why don't we put um Paul Robeson and Leslie Hutch Hutchinson together to talk about? Because it will be relevant in a moment. Even though these are completely different men. Yes. And so for those of you, I'm sure more people know Paul Robeson's name than Hutch Hutchinson, but uh Paul Robson, an African American,
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