Month: June 2026

Investigators, it was an interesting week around here as your dedicated hostess participated in her first auction, conducted by the legendary Julien’s Auctions. The story that follows is definitely one…

After the death of Edwina Mountbatten in 1960, Dickie still had another 19 years of living to do, and while he was single, he was in no way alone. He…

As Edwina took pains to lay low in Malta after the scandals of her affairs, Italy decided to exit the League of Nations and invade Ethiopia. To protect their children,…

Programming note: This episode is a bit more explicit than most, including strong language and descriptions of sex. If you listen with wee ones, use your judgment. The early ’30s…

As the Roaring ’20s turned into the ’30s, Edwina’s appetite for other lovers showed no sign of diminishing, and eventually led to a breaking point with her long-suffering husband, Louis.…

It didn’t take long for Edwina, young, rich, and alone while her husband Louis was away with the Navy, to begin flirtations and then affairs with various suitors. There were…

While Louis and Edwina Mountbatten would have a 38-year-long marriage, it isn’t quite right to say it was a happy union. That first six months or so though – when…

As many will already know, it was the youngest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine who would become a prominent figure in…

Prince George of Battenberg, later the 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, was the third child of Louis Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, and was by all…

The second child of Prince Louis of Battenberg (later, Louis Mountbatten, Marquess of Milford Haven) and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine was Princess Louise, born July 14, 1889.…