Lownie campaign sees some Mountbatten archives released but tribunal looms | The Bookseller

The university confirmed it had now been able to make available online the early diaries of Lord Mountbatten covering the period 1918 to 1934 and diaries of Countess Mountbatten of Burma from 1923 to 1934, "after communication from the Cabinet office". A spokesperson told The Bookseller: "In addition, some selected diaries up to 1960 have also now been published."

Lownie said he believed press coverage of the battle as well as a parliamentary campaign "has done the trick" in getting most of the diaries released, which he says have not been redacted.

However, he will continue to fight for diaries from 1947 and 1948, when the couple were in India, to be released, as well as some of the wartime diaries and the correspondence between Indian leader Jawaharlal Nehru and Lady Mountbatten at a tribunal in November. "There's still quite a lot still to come," he said.