2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, is passionate about her role as LIBRA Patron. She began supporting the appeal in the 70’s and continues to work with Trustees. She has a strong interest in King’s College Hospital, health issues and improving patient care.
The Countess is a British peeress and former lady-in-waiting to her third cousin, Queen Elizabeth II. She is the elder sister of Lady Pamela Hicks, and first cousin to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Patricia Mountbatten succeeded her father when he was assassinated in 1979, as his peerages had been created by the Crown with special remainder to his daughters and their heirs male.