Editing Lord Mountbatten (section)

=== Sexual allegations ===
In 2019, Ron Perks, Mountbatten's driver in Malta in 1948, alleged that he used to visit the Red House, an upmarket gay brothel in [[Rabat, Malta|Rabat]] used by naval officers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/prince-charles-mentor-lord-mountbatten-was-a-homosexual-with-a-perversion-for-young-boys-fbi-files-claim/news-story/5ab4fdb8c928610bd9a123a018b27b53|title=Prince Charles' mentor 'perverted'|date=18 August 2019|newspaper=News.com.au|access-date=19 August 2019|archive-date=19 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819005901/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/prince-charles-mentor-lord-mountbatten-was-a-homosexual-with-a-perversion-for-young-boys-fbi-files-claim/news-story/5ab4fdb8c928610bd9a123a018b27b53|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Andrew Lownie]], a fellow of the [[Royal Historical Society]], wrote that the United States [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) maintained files regarding Mountbatten's alleged homosexuality.<ref name="sdaytimes">{{cite news |last=Tucker |first=Grant |title=Lord Mountbatten's 'lust for young men' revealed |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/lord-mountbattens-lust-for-young-men-revealed-90swzmgms |work=The Sunday Times |date=18 August 2019 |access-date=31 March 2021 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410004628/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-mountbattens-lust-for-young-men-revealed-90swzmgms |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref> Lownie also interviewed several young men who claimed to have been in a relationship with Mountbatten. John Barratt, Mountbatten's personal and private secretary for 20 years,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/apr/23/monarchy.vanessathorpe|title=Book tells of 'bored, bullied' Queen|date=23 April 2000|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 November 2020|archive-date=27 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327233712/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/apr/23/monarchy.vanessathorpe|url-status=live}}</ref> has said Mountbatten was not a homosexual, and that it would have been impossible for such a fact to have been hidden from him.<ref name="thetimes1"/>

In 2019, files became public showing that the FBI knew in the 1940s of allegations that Mountbatten was homosexual and a [[paedophile]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/fbi-files-claim-lord-louis-mountbatten-had-a-perversion-for-young-boys/news-story/3647da9b3e938ae4aa5d0f3608639479| title = FBI files claim Lord Louis Mountbatten was known to be a homosexual and had a 'perversion for young boys| access-date = 6 August 2021| archive-date = 6 August 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210806152355/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/fbi-files-claim-lord-louis-mountbatten-had-a-perversion-for-young-boys/news-story/3647da9b3e938ae4aa5d0f3608639479| url-status = live}}</ref> The FBI file on Mountbatten, begun after he took on the role of Supreme Allied Commander in Southeast Asia in 1944, describes Mountbatten and his wife Edwina as "persons of extremely low morals", and contains a claim by American author [[Elizabeth Wharton Drexel|Elizabeth, Baroness Decies]], that Mountbatten was known to be a homosexual and had "a perversion for young boys".<ref name="sdaytimes" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/lord-mountbatten-pedophile-allegations|title=FBI files allege Lord Mountbatten, murdered by the IRA, was a pedophile|date=20 August 2019|publisher=Irish Central|access-date=17 May 2020|archive-date=11 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511232208/https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/lord-mountbatten-pedophile-allegations|url-status=live}}</ref> Norman Nield, Mountbatten's driver from 1942 to 1943, told the tabloid ''[[New Zealand Truth]]'' that he transported young boys aged 8 to 12 who had been procured for the Admiral to Mountbatten's official residence and was paid to keep quiet. [[Robin Bryans]] had also claimed to the Irish magazine ''Now'' that Mountbatten and [[Anthony Blunt]], along with others, were part of a ring that engaged in homosexual orgies and procured boys in their first year at public schools such as the [[Portora Royal School]] in [[Enniskillen]]. Former residents of the [[Kincora Boys' Home]] in [[Belfast]] have asserted that they were trafficked to Mountbatten at [[Classiebawn Castle]], his residence in [[Mullaghmore, County Sligo]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Graham|first=Ysenda Maxtone|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/the-mountbattens-by-andrew-lownie-review-dickie-and-edwina-unwrapped-0jbnqllgd|title=The Mountbattens by Andrew Lownie review — the dark side of a famous marriage|work=The Times|date=30 August 2019|access-date=31 March 2021|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424093238/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-mountbattens-by-andrew-lownie-review-dickie-and-edwina-unwrapped-0jbnqllgd|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Kathryn|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/mountbatten-book-author-seeks-more-transparency-over-child-sex-allegations-38732730.html|title=Mountbatten book author seeks more transparency over child sex allegations|date=28 November 2019|work=Belfast Telegraph|access-date=17 May 2020|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927044250/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/mountbatten-book-author-seeks-more-transparency-over-child-sex-allegations-38732730.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Burca|first=Joseph de|url=https://villagemagazine.ie/anglo-irish-vice-ring-online-book/ |title=The Anglo-Irish Vice Ring|work=Village magazine|location=Republic of Ireland|access-date=17 May 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200601101311/https://villagemagazine.ie/anglo-irish-vice-ring-online-book/ | archive-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> These claims were dismissed by the [[Northern Ireland Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry|Historical Institution Abuse (HIA) Inquiry]].<ref name=hia>{{cite web|url=https://www.hiainquiry.org/sites/hiainquiry/files/media-files/Chapter%2026%20-%20Module%2015%20-%20Kincora%20Boys%E2%80%99%20Home%20%28Part%201%29.pdf|title=Kincora Boys Home|page=59|volume=8|publisher=Historical Institution Abuse|access-date=18 November 2020|archive-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731144408/https://www.hiainquiry.org/sites/hiainquiry/files/media-files/Chapter%2026%20-%20Module%2015%20-%20Kincora%20Boys%E2%80%99%20Home%20(Part%201).pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="thetimes1"/><ref>{{Harvp|Moore|1996|p=90-91}}</ref> The HIA stated that the article making the original allegations "did not give any basis for the assertions that any of these people [Mountbatten and others] were connected with Kincora".<ref name=hia/>

In October 2022 Arthur Smyth, a former resident of Kincora, waived his anonymity to make allegations of child abuse against Mountbatten.<ref name=rte-court-to-hear-allegations-of-abuse-by-mountbatten>{{Cite news |title=Court to hear allegations of abuse by Mountbatten at Belfast home |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/1016/1329499-abuse/ |last=Macauley |first=Conor |date=16 October 2022 |access-date=17 October 2022 |publisher=[[RTÉ News]] |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017162353/https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/1016/1329499-abuse/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The allegations are part of a civil case against state authorities responsible for the care of children in Kincora.<ref name=rte-court-to-hear-allegations-of-abuse-by-mountbatten/> Smyth claims that he was raped twice by Mountbatten in encounters facilitated by the house father of [[Kincora Boys' Home|Kincora]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 March 2023 |title=Dad opens up on how he believes top royal raped him when he was a boy |url=https://www.sundayworld.com/news/irish-news/dad-opens-up-on-how-he-believes-top-royal-raped-him-when-he-was-a-boy/a1595043263.html |access-date=23 June 2024 |website=SundayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref>