Daughter of Empire : Life as a Mountbatten

Few families can boast of not one byt two saints among their ancestors, and with a great aunt who was Tsarina of Russia, a father who was Grace Kelly's pin up, and a grandmother who was not only a princess but could also argue the finer points of naval law, Pamela Mountbatten entered a remarkable family when she was born at the very end of the 'Roaring Twenties'. Daughter of the glamorous heiress Edwina Ashley and Lord Louis Mountbatten, Pamela spent much of her early life with her sister, nannies and servants - not to mention a menagerie of animals. Her parents' vast social circle included royalty, film stars and politicians - Noel Coward invited Pamela to watch him film and Douglas Fairbanks Jnr dropped in for tea.