Anita

This week on our Empire Club miniseries, we're going to carry on with the story of a scandal that shaped partition.

Alex and I are discussing the unconventional marriage between the last Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, and his wife, Edwina Mountbatten.

Now, last week, you'll remember, we set up Nehru's life before he fell in love with Edwina.

This week, we ask, how did the Mountbattens end up in India to begin with?

Here's a clip from the episode where we discuss one of Edwina's many affairs of the 1920s and 30s.

To access the full series, just head to empirepoduk.com, empirepoduk.com and become a friend of the show.

And we put a pin, for instance, in Leslie Hutchinson and Paul Robeson.

I'm sure more people know Paul Robeson's name than Hutch Hutchinson, but Paul Robeson, an African-American, huge on both sides of the Atlantic and very political as well.

Absolutely.

I mean, that's an unheard of thing because the royals don't like being in the courts.

It's really unusual.

No.

I mean, she's built as a very smart woman.

This is not a smart move.

So her type and also an interest in Indian politics from Robeson.

Absolutely.

Because, you know, he not only a communist, not only agitating for sort of miners in Wales here, but the Indian Workers Association.

He was like, he was really fascinated with any agitant groups that were challenging the status quo.

Yeah.

We really hope you enjoyed that clip from our members' mini-series on the scandal that shaped Partition.