All three of them were known by insiders as having bisexual proclivities. Edwina, Nehru and Mountbatten (photo at right) were fully engaged in a classic love triangle, but it is generally acknowledged that Nehru was the love of Edwina’s life. As Mountbatten himself once put it, “Edwina and I spent all our married lives getting into other people's beds.” His wife was to have a torrid affair while in India with Panditji Nehru, Prime Minister of India, so it appears a merry old time was had by all.
Although Lord Louis married Edwina, a fabulously wealthy socialite, he cut a wide swath through both high and low born men and women.
