Broadlands

Frommer's Review

Broadlands, one of the finest examples of mid-Georgian architecture in England, was the home of the late Earl Mountbatten of Burma, who was assassinated in 1979. Born at Windsor Castle in 1900, Mountbatten was a British admiral and statesman and the last viceroy and first governor-general of an independent India. He lent the house to his nephew, Prince Philip, and Princess Elizabeth as a honeymoon haven in 1947; and in 1981, Prince Charles and Princess Diana spent the first nights of their honeymoon here.

Broadlands is now owned by Lord Romsey, Earl Mountbatten's eldest grandson, who has created a fine exhibition and audiovisual show that depicts the highlights of his grandfather's brilliant career as a sailor and statesman. The house, originally linked to Romsey Abbey, was transformed into an elegant Palladian mansion by Lancelot "Capability" Brown (1715-83), the greatest of all English landscape gardeners.

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