The Mountbattens | From a Forbidden Marriage to Exile | History for Sleep

In a borrowed church in Breslau in October 1851, a couple married in secret, with no money, no home, and no name the world agreed they could use. From that quiet beginning, one of the most powerful surnames in British royal history would slowly grow. This is the story of the Mountbattens. How a morganatic marriage in nineteenth century Prussia created the Battenberg line. How the First World War forced a German family to anglicise their name and begin again. How a naval commander became the last Viceroy of India, and how a prince from that same line married into the British Crown. The name Mountbatten Windsor has always carried a complicated history. Tonight, it is followed from Silesia to Buckingham Palace, through war, partition, and the quieter passages of royal life. Subscribe for more gentle, long-form history told for the later hours.