Infamous Facts About Edwina Mountbatten, The High-Society Rebel
Edwina Mountbatten knew better than anyone that behind the glittering, softly lit ballrooms of high society, there were dark, twisting corridors full of secrets—after all, behind closed doors, Edwina had more than a few secrets of her own.
From her scandalous marriage to her tragic twist ending, this beautiful socialite lived ten lives in one.
Edwina Mountbatten Facts
1. She Wasn’t Like You Or Me
Edwina Mountbatten was a huge society catch. Born Edwina Ashley in 1900, she was the maternal granddaughter of the powerful magnate Ernest Cassel, a financier to royals and one of the most influential men in England.
In other words, baby Edwina was rolling in dough…but all her money couldn’t stop the tragedy coming her way.
2. She Suffered A Child’s Worst Nightmare
When Edwina was just 11 years old, her consumptive mother Amalia passed, leaving the young girl without a feminine role model in her life. But that wasn’t the worst part. Her father Wilfred soon forgot all about her mother and remarried Molly Forbes-Sempill. Now, second wives get a bad rap…but Molly may have truly deserved the title of “evil stepmother".
3. She Had An Evil Stepmother
Edwina’s father had desperately wanted a male heir, and he looked upon his daughter Edwina as a mere inconvenient mouth to feed. Well, Molly was happy to follow the party line—and then some. Called a “wicked woman,”
it wasn’t long before Molly thrust poor Edwina into her own Cinderella-story, packing her off unceremoniously to boarding school. And then the real trouble began.
