Mountbatten estate valued at $5 million
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Few details of its provisions were made public. Under an arrangement approved by Queen Elizabeth, the executors of the will of the supreme commander of allied forces in Southeast Asia in World War II were permitted secrecy by court order. Probate was granted to his daughters, Countess Mountbatten (the title descended in the female line by special dispensation) and Lady Pamela Hicks, and son-in-law, Baron Brabourne.
Mountabatten inherited a fortune from his wife who was the daughter of the great financier, Sir. Ernest Cassell. The will may only represent that protion of his estate he still retained under his own name. He was the uncle of Prince Philip and the reputed matchmaker of his marriage to the Queen.
