The contrast couldn’t be greater between Lord Mountbatten and the boys he allegedly abused. He was a pillar of the British establishment, and they are victims of it.
Mountbatten was born into a life of privilege and luxury. He was the second son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine.
His godparents were Queen Victoria and Nicholas II of Russia. He joined the Royal Navy during the First World War, and afterwards attended Christ’s College, Cambridge.
He was Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia during World War Two, and later the last Viceroy of India.
Arthur Smyth’s life was very different. His father worked in the shipyard, but spent all his money in the pub.
Arthur and his eight brothers and sisters grew up in squats, some of which had no running water. They moved around constantly. Belfast, Larne, Carrickfergus and Greenisland were among the places the children briefly called ‘home’.
When Arthur was 11, he’d been at 13 schools. His parents’ marriage broke up in the summer of 1977. The kids were split and dispatched to different children’s homes by the courts. Arthur was sent to Kincora.
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