"She found in Panditji the companionship and equality of spirit and intellect that she craved. Each helped overcome loneliness in the other."
Mountbatten saw this too but let his wife get on with this new phase of her life, the daily quoted the book as saying. For him, Edwina's new interest was a relief.
"Her new-found happiness released him from her relentless late-night recriminations, the constant accusations that he didn't understand her and was ignoring her."
