Prince Charles mentor Mountbatten a gay w lust young boys

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Prince Charles’ mentor was a ‘homosexual with lust for young boys’ FBI files say
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Prince Charles’ mentor Lord Mountbatten was a ‘homosexual with a perversion for young boys’, according to unearthed FBI files. The celebrated war hero, who was the last Viceroy of India, and his wife Edwina Mountbatten were described as ‘persons of extremely low morals’ in intelligence files, which claim both frequently had extramarital affairs. The 75-year-old FBI documents came out after being obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request made by British historian Andrew Lownie for his new biography The Mountbattens: their Lives and Loves. The files were started in February 1944, following Mountbatten’s appointment as supreme allied commander of southeast Asia. In one interview on another matter with author and socialite Elizabeth de la Poer Beresford, Baroness Decies, she claimed Mountbatten had a penchant for young men that made him an ‘unfit man to direct any sort of military operations’, The Sunday Times reports. The file reads: ‘She states that in these circles Lord Louis Mountbatten and his wife are considered persons of extremely low morals. The celebrated war hero was the last Viceroy of India (Picture: Reginald Davis/REX/Shutterstock) Prince Charles described Lord Mountbatten as the ‘grandfather I never had’ (Picture: WireImage) Lord Mountbatten and his wife both had affairs (Picture: APIC/Getty Images) ‘She stated that Lord Louis Mountbatten was known to be a homosexual with a perversion for young boys. ‘In Lady Decies’ opinion he is an unfit man to direct any sort of military operations because of this condition. She stated further that his wife Lady Mountbatten was considered equally erratic.’ It was signed EE Conroy, head of the New York field office, who wrote that she ‘appears to have no special motive in making the above statements’. In the new book, Anthony Daly, a rent boy to the rich and famous during the 1970s, also claims: ‘Tom [Driberg] said Mountbatten had something of a fetish for uniforms — handsome young men in military uniforms (with high boots) and beautiful boys in school uniform.’ Rumours of Mountbatten’s homosexuality have circulated for decades, with his group of gay friends allegedly referring to him by the nickname ‘Mountbottom’. In addition, gossip about his and his wife’s extra lovers have swirled, spurred by his comment: ‘Edwina and I spent all our married lives getting into other people’s beds.’ Prince Louis Mountbatten and his wife Edwina with Prince Charles and Princess Anne in Malta (Picture: Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) The Mountbattens: their Lives and Loves will be published on August 22 (Picture: Getty Images) It’s not known why FBI agents began putting together the dossier, which spans over more than three decades. Agents opened further files on Mountbatten – described by Prince Charles as the ‘grandfather I never had’ – after World War II after he became Nato commander of allied forces in the Mediterranean, then admiral of the fleet, and later chief of the defence staff. Their interest in the British Navy officer and statesman, who was assassinated in an IRA bomb attack in 1979, reached an all-time high around the Suez crisis, with the Bureau opening files in November 1955 and November 1956. The Mountbattens: their Lives and Loves will be published on August 22


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Lord Mountbatten's 'lust for young boys' exposed in FBI files
The decorated war hero was under US surveillance for more than three decades
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By Tom Parry 20:19, 18 AUG 2019UPDATED21:02, 18 AUG 2019

Lord Mountbatten was “a homosexual with a perversion for young boys”, according to newly released FBI files.

The decorated war hero – who was a valued mentor to great-nephew Prince Charles and was said to have counselled him on his love life – was under US surveillance for more than three decades.

And one source described the Earl and wife Edwina as “persons of extremely low morals” – with him being “an unfit man to direct any sort of military operations” because of his sexual tastes.

The files emerged after historian Andrew Lownie used freedom of information laws while researching his new book about the couple, The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves.

It follows years of speculation over the private life of Mountbatten, who once said he and Edwina “spent all our married lives getting into other people’s beds”.


Lord Louis Mountbatten with his wife Edwina in 1943 (Image: Mirrorpix)
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In Mr Lownie’s book, Ron Perks, who was the Earl’s driver in Malta in 1948, breaks his silence to claim one of his favourite places was the Red House near Rabat, “an upmarket gay brothel used by naval officers”.

And Anthony Daly, a rent boy to the rich and famous in the 1970s, claims he was told “Mountbatten had something of a fetish for uniforms — handsome young men in ­military uniforms and beautiful boys in school uniform”.

The first FBI files on the Earl date to February 1944 – soon after he was made supreme allied commander in south-east Asia during the Second World War.


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After the war, he was the last viceroy of India, then chief of defence until 1965. He was killed in an IRA bomb attack in 1979.

Homosexual acts were banned here until 1967 and it is believed many FBI memos on Mountbatten’s sexuality have been edited or destroyed.

But one file references a 1944 interview with Elizabeth de la Poer Beresford, Baroness Decies.

The memo says: “She states that in these circles Lord Louis Mountbatten and his wife are considered persons of extremely low morals.

“She stated Lord Louis Mountbatten was known to be a homosexual with a perversion for young boys. In Lady Decies’ opinion he is an unfit man to direct any sort of military operations because of this condition. She stated further his wife was considered equally erratic.”


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Lord Mountbatten's 'lust for young boys'
And in a document from May 1968, an FBI agent discusses “a number of reports pertaining to the alleged homosexuality of Anthony Eden, Earl Mountbatten and [the diplomat] Anthony Nutting”.

Mr Lownie believes Edwina came under scrutiny in the mid-1950s because of her close friendship with Indian defence minister Krishna Menon and several men involved with the civil rights movement.

At the same time, the FBI sent a report on Lord Mountbatten’s alleged homosexuality to the Department of Justice.

Edwina had several liaisons with black men and in April 1957 the FBI filed a memo on allegations of an affair with singer Paul Robeson.

Mr Lownie’s book is published on Thursday.