Six Kings and Five Queens were among the Royal Guests and Relatives from around Europe attending the Funeral of Earl Mountbatten of Burma at Westminster Abbey on this day in 1979, 45 years ago, following his Assassination by the IRA.
The Funeral of the Earl Mountbatten of Burma was held at Westminster Abbey following a Procession through the streets of London. After the Funeral, the body was buried at Romsey Abbey, near the Family Seat of Broadlands. Lord Mountbatten, a great-grandson of Queen Victoria, uncle of the Duke of Edinburgh, and the last British Viceroy of India, was killed when an IRA bomb exploded in his fishing boat in Ireland.
Six Kings and Three Queens joined the British Royal Family for the Funeral of Earl Mountbatten.
Queen Elizabeth II and the entire British royal family attended, as did numerous members of European royal families. It was the largest gathering of royalty in London since the funeral of King George VI in 1952
Since the 2nd Countess Mountbatten and Baron Brabourne were still in hospital, the Mountbatten Family were led by Lady Pamela and David Hicks and Lord Romsey.
Queen Elizabeth II (wearing Cambridge Pearl Brooch) and the Duke of Edinburgh with the Queen Mother (in Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Brooch), Prince of Wales, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward
King Olav V of Norway
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden
King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
King Umberto II of Italy and Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy
King Michael and Queen Anne of Romania
Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria
Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte of Luxembourg
Prince Franz Joseph II and Princess Gina of Liechtenstein
Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace of Monaco
Prince Albert of Belgium
Princess Beatrix and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur
Max, Margrave of Baden and Princess Margaretha of Sweden
Other Royal Guests included Count of Barcelona, Prince Bertil of Sweden, Prince George William of Hanover and Princess Sophie of Greece, Prince Shāh Karim al-Husayni, the Aga Khan IV, Margaret, Princess of Hesse and by Rhine, and Prince George of Denmark.
Princess Margaret, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Duke and Duchess of Kent, Princess Alexandra and Angus Ogilvy, and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.
