Editing Lord Mountbatten (section)

=== Marriage ===
[[File:Louis and Edwina Mountbatten 01.jpg|thumb|upright|Louis and Edwina Mountbatten]]
Mountbatten was married on 18 July 1922 to [[Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley]], daughter of [[Wilfrid Ashley, 1st Baron Mount Temple|Wilfred William Ashley]], later 1st&nbsp;[[Baron Mount Temple]], himself a grandson of the [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury|7th&nbsp;Earl of Shaftesbury]]. She was the favourite granddaughter of the Edwardian magnate [[Ernest Cassel|Sir Ernest Cassel]] and the principal heir to his fortune. The couple spent heavily on households, luxuries, and entertainment.<ref name=heath184/> There followed a honeymoon tour of European royal courts and North America which included a visit to [[Niagara Falls]] (because "all honeymooners went there").<ref name="life1942081763">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v04EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63 |title=Lord Louis Mountbatten |magazine=Life |date=17 August 1942 |access-date=20 September 2012 |page=63 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> During their honeymoon in California, the newlyweds starred in a silent home movie by [[Charlie Chaplin]] called ''Nice And Friendly'', which was not shown in cinemas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/films/9-Limelight/articles/300-Nice-and-Friendly|title=Nice and Friendly|work=Charlie Chaplin Official Website|accessdate=5 August 2022|archive-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811123421/https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/films/9-Limelight/articles/300-Nice-and-Friendly|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chaplin |first1=Charlie |author1-link=Charlie  Chaplin |title=WATCH: Charlie Chaplin - Nice and Friendly (1922) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3K1R5_0qes |website=youtube.com |publisher=[[PBS News Hour]] |language=en |format=video |date=6 July 2018 |access-date=10 March 2023 |archive-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426120006/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3K1R5_0qes |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mountbatten admitted: "Edwina and I spent all our married lives getting into other people's beds."<ref>{{harvp|Ziegler|1985|p=53}}.</ref> He maintained an affair for several years with [[Yola Letellier]],<ref name=hicks>{{harvp|Hicks|2012|p=24}}</ref> the wife of Henri Letellier, publisher of ''[[Le Journal]]'' and mayor of [[Deauville]] (1925–28).<ref>{{harvp|Aubenas|Chardin|Demange|2007|pp=91, 111}}</ref> Yola Letellier's life story was the inspiration for [[Colette]]'s novel ''[[Gigi (novella)|Gigi]]''.<ref name=hicks/>

After Edwina died in 1960, Mountbatten was involved in relationships with young women, according to his daughter Patricia, his secretary John Barratt, his [[valet]] Bill Evans, and [[William Stadiem]], an employee of [[Madame Claude]].<ref name="thetimes1">{{cite news |last=Lownie |first=Andrew |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/the-love-lives-of-lord-and-lady-mountbatten-bedhopping-gay-affairs-and-dangerous-liaisons-p7wqpk7xz |title=The love lives of Lord and Lady Mountbatten – bedhopping, gay affairs and dangerous liaisons |work=The Times |date=7 November 2017 |access-date=23 August 2019 |archive-date=9 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509184316/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-love-lives-of-lord-and-lady-mountbatten-bedhopping-gay-affairs-and-dangerous-liaisons-p7wqpk7xz |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref> He had a long-running affair with American actress [[Shirley MacLaine]], whom he met in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/world/the-private-lives-of-the-mountbattens-open-marriage-flings-and-paedophilia/281688/|title=The private lives of the Mountbattens — Open marriage, flings and paedophilia|first=Srijan|last=Shukla|website=[[ThePrint]] |date=25 August 2019|access-date=3 January 2022|archive-date=3 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103071036/https://theprint.in/world/the-private-lives-of-the-mountbattens-open-marriage-flings-and-paedophilia/281688/|url-status=live}}</ref>