Lord Mountbatten: His Butler's Story

by Charles Smith

Anecdotes and profiles of diplomats, celebrities, and the British aristocracy characterize an intimate portrait of Mountbatten of Burma by his butler of fifty years

176 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1980

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[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was born in the U.K. in the early 1950's to a monarchist mother who taught her children to respect/revere the royal family & aristocracy. It was the thing to do back then - to remember they were of high birth, we were not! This is a well written account by Charles Smith, Lord Louis Mountbatten's valet & butler of the life & times of a V.I.P in the British empire, and the man who committed his life in service to Mountbatten & family. I enjoyed this read because of my early upbringing, as well as the body of history the memoir covered.