A biography for Lord Mountbattenhasn’t been written yet.
“What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?”
“The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.”
“I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.”
“I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.”
“Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.”