{"id":1982791,"date":"2025-08-27T16:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1982791"},"modified":"2025-08-27T16:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:26:18","slug":"queen-elizabeths-selfless-act-after-brutal-double-royal-murder-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/queen-elizabeths-selfless-act-after-brutal-double-royal-murder-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth’s selfless act after brutal double royal murder | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The late Queen Elizabeth II<\/a> once carried out a selfless act as she shook hands with the IRA chief rumoured to be responsible for Lord Mountbatten’s assassination<\/a>. On this day in 1979 (August 27), a bomb, which was planted in the boat, was detonated by IRA paramilitaries and killed not just the Earl, but his 14-year-old grandson Nicholas Knatchbull.<\/p>\n

Also murdered was a 15-year-old schoolboy who was helping out as a boatboy, and the 83-year-old Dowager Lady Brabourne. During a visit to Northern Ireland in 2012, the late Queen shook hands with Martin McGuinness<\/a> – who acknowledged that he was a former IRA member and later went on to be Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

In a 2019 BBC<\/a> documentary, former IRA intelligence director Kieran Conway said that McGuinness, who was then the Provisional IRA’s chief of staff, commissioned the assassination of Lord Mountbatten.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lord Mountbatten was not only the late Queen\u2019s third cousin, Prince Philip\u2019s uncle and important mentor to the then-Prince Charles, he was also a World War Two hero and the last Viceroy of India.<\/p>\n

During the late Queen’s visit to Northern Ireland, it is understood that Mr McGuinness welcomed both the late Her Majesty and the Irish president in Irish.<\/p>\n

As the late Queen shook hands with Mr McGuinness for a second time, he then wished her well in Irish – which translates into, “Goodbye and God bless.”<\/p>\n

When he was asked how it was to meet the late Queen, Mr McGuinness said that the meeting was “very nice.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The fourth season of The Crown, which was released in 2020, depicted the devastating attack by the IRA.<\/p>\n

The Netflix<\/a> drama showed how his death affected the Royal Family, especially Charles – who is said to have been particularly close to Lord Mountbatten.<\/p>\n

Although heavily dramatised, the series suggested that Mountbatten\u2019s influence was key in pushing the then-Prince of Wales to settle down and find a suitable wife with no past.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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