The Queen’s third cousin Countess Mountbatten of Burma, who survived the IRA bomb that killed her father, has died at the age of 93.
Patricia Knatchbull died peacefully at her home on Tuesday in Mersham, Kent, surrounded by her children, her family said.
The Countess was Prince Philip’s first cousin and godmother to Prince Charles.
She was also one of the bridesmaids at the Queen’s wedding in 1947.
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: “The Queen and the Duke are aware and have privately passed on their condolences.”
Prince Charles paid tribute to his “very special godmother” and said the Countess played an “extremely important” part in his life and he would “miss her presence most dreadfully”.
In a statement, the Prince of Wales said: “I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of my very special godmother, Lady Mountbatten, whom I have known and loved ever since I can first remember.
“She played an extremely important part in my life and I shall miss her presence most dreadfully.”
Lady Mountbatten’s father Earl Mountbatten, her 14-year-old son Nicholas Knatchbull and her mother-in-law the Dowager Lady Brabourne were all murdered by the IRA in 1979 when their boat was blown up off the coast of Sligo.
The Countess, then known as Lady Brabourne, suffered serious injuries, but survived the blast, as did her husband Lord Brabourne and Nicholas’s twin brother Timothy.
A statement issued on behalf of the Knatchbull and Mountbatten families said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of the Countess Mountbatten of Burma.
“The arrangements for a funeral in London followed by a burial service in Mersham will be announced in due course.”
The Countess once recalled how she cried every morning on waking for about six months after the IRA bomb attack.
In a book by a bereavement charity, she referred to “the seemingly endless black tunnel” through which those left behind have to pass to reach “the light that truly does appear at the end, and which we eventually found ourselves”.
For more than 30 years she used her own personal experience of loss to help other bereaved parents, through her support of the charities Child Bereavement UK and Compassionate Friends.
Her husband Lord Brabourne was the producer of films such as A Passage To India and Death On The Nile, and they had eight children.
She was widowed in 2005 and is survived by four sons and two daughters.
Obit Courtesy The Sun posted 6/14/2017
Patricia Knatchbull died peacefully at her home on Tuesday in Mersham, Kent, surrounded by her children, her family said.
The Countess was Prince Philip’s first cousin and godmother to Prince Charles.
She was also one of the bridesmaids at the Queen’s wedding in 1947.
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: “The Queen and the Duke are aware and have privately passed on their condolences.”
Prince Charles paid tribute to his “very special godmother” and said the Countess played an “extremely important” part in his life and he would “miss her presence most dreadfully”.
In a statement, the Prince of Wales said: “I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of my very special godmother, Lady Mountbatten, whom I have known and loved ever since I can first remember.
“She played an extremely important part in my life and I shall miss her presence most dreadfully.”
Lady Mountbatten’s father Earl Mountbatten, her 14-year-old son Nicholas Knatchbull and her mother-in-law the Dowager Lady Brabourne were all murdered by the IRA in 1979 when their boat was blown up off the coast of Sligo.
The Countess, then known as Lady Brabourne, suffered serious injuries, but survived the blast, as did her husband Lord Brabourne and Nicholas’s twin brother Timothy.
A statement issued on behalf of the Knatchbull and Mountbatten families said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of the Countess Mountbatten of Burma.
“The arrangements for a funeral in London followed by a burial service in Mersham will be announced in due course.”
The Countess once recalled how she cried every morning on waking for about six months after the IRA bomb attack.
In a book by a bereavement charity, she referred to “the seemingly endless black tunnel” through which those left behind have to pass to reach “the light that truly does appear at the end, and which we eventually found ourselves”.
For more than 30 years she used her own personal experience of loss to help other bereaved parents, through her support of the charities Child Bereavement UK and Compassionate Friends.
Her husband Lord Brabourne was the producer of films such as A Passage To India and Death On The Nile, and they had eight children.
She was widowed in 2005 and is survived by four sons and two daughters.
Obit Courtesy The Sun posted 6/14/2017
The Queen’s third cousin Countess Mountbatten of Burma, who survived the IRA bomb that killed her father, has died at the age of 93.
Patricia Knatchbull died peacefully at her home on Tuesday in Mersham, Kent, surrounded by her children, her family said.
The Countess was Prince Philip’s first cousin and godmother to Prince Charles.
She was also one of the bridesmaids at the Queen’s wedding in 1947.
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: “The Queen and the Duke are aware and have privately passed on their condolences.”
Prince Charles paid tribute to his “very special godmother” and said the Countess played an “extremely important” part in his life and he would “miss her presence most dreadfully”.
In a statement, the Prince of Wales said: “I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of my very special godmother, Lady Mountbatten, whom I have known and loved ever since I can first remember.
“She played an extremely important part in my life and I shall miss her presence most dreadfully.”
Lady Mountbatten’s father Earl Mountbatten, her 14-year-old son Nicholas Knatchbull and her mother-in-law the Dowager Lady Brabourne were all murdered by the IRA in 1979 when their boat was blown up off the coast of Sligo.
The Countess, then known as Lady Brabourne, suffered serious injuries, but survived the blast, as did her husband Lord Brabourne and Nicholas’s twin brother Timothy.
A statement issued on behalf of the Knatchbull and Mountbatten families said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of the Countess Mountbatten of Burma.
“The arrangements for a funeral in London followed by a burial service in Mersham will be announced in due course.”
The Countess once recalled how she cried every morning on waking for about six months after the IRA bomb attack.
In a book by a bereavement charity, she referred to “the seemingly endless black tunnel” through which those left behind have to pass to reach “the light that truly does appear at the end, and which we eventually found ourselves”.
For more than 30 years she used her own personal experience of loss to help other bereaved parents, through her support of the charities Child Bereavement UK and Compassionate Friends.
Her husband Lord Brabourne was the producer of films such as A Passage To India and Death On The Nile, and they had eight children.
She was widowed in 2005 and is survived by four sons and two daughters.
Obit Courtesy The Sun posted 6/14/2017
Patricia Knatchbull died peacefully at her home on Tuesday in Mersham, Kent, surrounded by her children, her family said.
The Countess was Prince Philip’s first cousin and godmother to Prince Charles.
She was also one of the bridesmaids at the Queen’s wedding in 1947.
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: “The Queen and the Duke are aware and have privately passed on their condolences.”
Prince Charles paid tribute to his “very special godmother” and said the Countess played an “extremely important” part in his life and he would “miss her presence most dreadfully”.
In a statement, the Prince of Wales said: “I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of my very special godmother, Lady Mountbatten, whom I have known and loved ever since I can first remember.
“She played an extremely important part in my life and I shall miss her presence most dreadfully.”
Lady Mountbatten’s father Earl Mountbatten, her 14-year-old son Nicholas Knatchbull and her mother-in-law the Dowager Lady Brabourne were all murdered by the IRA in 1979 when their boat was blown up off the coast of Sligo.
The Countess, then known as Lady Brabourne, suffered serious injuries, but survived the blast, as did her husband Lord Brabourne and Nicholas’s twin brother Timothy.
A statement issued on behalf of the Knatchbull and Mountbatten families said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the death of the Countess Mountbatten of Burma.
“The arrangements for a funeral in London followed by a burial service in Mersham will be announced in due course.”
The Countess once recalled how she cried every morning on waking for about six months after the IRA bomb attack.
In a book by a bereavement charity, she referred to “the seemingly endless black tunnel” through which those left behind have to pass to reach “the light that truly does appear at the end, and which we eventually found ourselves”.
For more than 30 years she used her own personal experience of loss to help other bereaved parents, through her support of the charities Child Bereavement UK and Compassionate Friends.
Her husband Lord Brabourne was the producer of films such as A Passage To India and Death On The Nile, and they had eight children.
She was widowed in 2005 and is survived by four sons and two daughters.
Obit Courtesy The Sun posted 6/14/2017
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