The Mountbattens, Ep. 24: “Dickie, the Puppetmaster”

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  • Опубликовано: 6 янв 2025

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  • @marynyhof6916
    @marynyhof6916 День назад +54

    So happy to hear another reading from this book!!! Put me in that group of the 100 that love this book!!! Thank you Cheere!!!

  • @KarenMck76
    @KarenMck76 День назад +85

    Whoop, thank you for persevering with this. I know it doesn't get the views, but some of us do love your commentary and thoughts.

    • @dewarsbramangus
      @dewarsbramangus День назад +4

      I totally agree! I have read the book, but listening to Cheere read it is more interesting and certainly more fun. Parts of Mountbatten's life are just unbelievable or unthinkable yet amazingly true!

    • @AJA-ie5uu
      @AJA-ie5uu День назад +2

      I agree. I was disappointed when I thought this one had been abandoned

    • @KimHayes-q9y
      @KimHayes-q9y День назад

      What happened to Ethel Kennedy?

  • @StrongopinionsRus
    @StrongopinionsRus День назад +9

    I am enjoying this book, thank you for persevering. Some of us are thoroughly sick of Meghan Markle!

    • @Schmoopy66
      @Schmoopy66 19 часов назад +1

      Yes, she & Harry have always bored me! 😴. Also bored with pop culture.

  • @lynn6221
    @lynn6221 День назад +51

    Great, another Mountbatten chapter!!! ❤

  • @mapleleaf902
    @mapleleaf902 День назад +43

    Wow, what a pleasure to hear another reading. Thank you!

  • @maureenormston8356
    @maureenormston8356 День назад +10

    Yaaaay, they're back and happy to be one of 100 devotees😊 👍. So glad you are persevering with this book, I have really enjoyed it so far. Dickie was a paradox and I have to admit that the times I recall seeing him on TV primarily in the 70's, I could never get past his weaselly, shifty eyes. You always make me howl when you come across something questionable/dodgy, then look at the camera and say "interesting" as only you can 😂. Thank you.

    • @northeything8568
      @northeything8568 19 часов назад

      Same here with the "interesting" thingy comment ☺

  • @Jaymi-b3t
    @Jaymi-b3t День назад +30

    Thank you for returning to this book!

  • @MissTolkienGeek
    @MissTolkienGeek День назад +21

    Hurray the Mountbattens are back!

  • @run4cmt
    @run4cmt День назад +23

    So glad to see this back!!!

  • @daniellem1296
    @daniellem1296 День назад +8

    Thank you, cheere! I know some may not be excited to finish out this book but I AM! This crazy dude is still relevant. His influence has his mark on many people today! What’s not to love about learning!?!??!!! He is warped and so are his dear friends.

  • @bezen9007
    @bezen9007 День назад +9

    Thank you Cheere, we get it, I’m one of those 100 so I appreciate you going back to this book.

  • @run4cmt
    @run4cmt День назад +21

    I have really enjoyed your reading of this book!

  • @annarchydeclutteranddesign413
    @annarchydeclutteranddesign413 День назад +4

    Thank you very much for continuing reading this book. 😉

  • @KayannaDesdames
    @KayannaDesdames День назад +23

    Cheere…we all enjoy your videos and comments!!!! Thank you so very much for your grand efforts 😂 ❤

  • @joycemacdonald5839
    @joycemacdonald5839 День назад +3

    Cheere, thank you for returning to this book…..Cannot wait to get to the end….Best wishes to you & your family for 2025….Looking forward to lots more books 📚📖📖

  • @marylamont982
    @marylamont982 День назад +20

    Thank you for continuing this book. May you have a very blessed year ❤

  • @kaybrown4010
    @kaybrown4010 День назад +23

    Yay, Mountbattens! It’s a good backstory to Traitor King, which I’m catching up on.

  • @victoriachappell4098
    @victoriachappell4098 День назад +17

    Thanks for returning to this one!

  • @onesunnyday5699
    @onesunnyday5699 День назад +5

    Charles Dance played Mountbatten exceptionally well The Crown. He even looked like a recent relative.

  • @angierucinski5694
    @angierucinski5694 День назад +20

    Thank you Cheere, it's fascinating to get to the end of this book.

  • @kimmckenzie3696
    @kimmckenzie3696 День назад +6

    Thank you so much for continuing this. I think Dickie staying with Edwina was because he refused to be wrong or be a failure and he saw divorce as both of those things. Again thank you for doing this for such a small audience. 😊

  • @BellaRainDrops
    @BellaRainDrops День назад +15

    Thanks Cheere, this book as been long (maybe longer than it needed to be) but super interesting and a fascinating eye opener into how most super rich people in the UK and US all know each other lol appreciate the effort to finish it and your hair looks fab ! colour is divine.

  • @LauraMilly-uu5bt
    @LauraMilly-uu5bt День назад +16

    Thank you so, so much for continuing with this! I appreciate there aren’t many of us who want to continue with this book ( and I completely understand the financial reasons for reviewing other tomes), but it’s so interesting! ❤

    • @onesunnyday5699
      @onesunnyday5699 День назад

      I missed this. A great palate cleanser from so much Kennedy/Skakel drama 😒🙄😑

    • @LauraMilly-uu5bt
      @LauraMilly-uu5bt 22 часа назад

      @@onesunnyday5699 I am so delightful to be one of the 100 🤣

    • @LauraMilly-uu5bt
      @LauraMilly-uu5bt 22 часа назад

      Delighted…even! I am also delightful 🤣🤣🤣

  • @davidhinkson8856
    @davidhinkson8856 День назад +5

    Glad to see you got back to this book, although I've been enjoying your look at the Kennedys.

  • @DawnSuttonfabfour
    @DawnSuttonfabfour День назад +14

    I had forgotten about poor Louis! I can't recall where we left him. Widowed and, err, yeah, that's it. I do enjoy it, I was enjoying it but then, you literary hussy, you lured us away with Kennedys! Alright we were easily led, I admit it. The weather here is foul, snow on the way and I have a fresh cup of Rosie, perfectly English way of hearing this. Thank you.

  • @sabsmcdabs7139
    @sabsmcdabs7139 День назад +10

    Thanks for coming back to this! It's a fascinating story and with links still to the modern day. Are you looking forward to Andrew Lownie's new book on the Yorks? Can't wait!

  • @hesterkirange3079
    @hesterkirange3079 День назад +16

    How lovely to see your channel grow! Have been enjoying your reading /reviews, balanced comments and very witty impersonations for quite a while now. Looking forward your content in 2025.

  • @janpolitte8582
    @janpolitte8582 День назад +8

    So glad you are finishing this book. I've missed it. Whenever you post, anything, l have to stop what l'm doing so that l can hear your infletions in your voice. Thank you for the time that you spend on reading to us.

  • @roseannburke6512
    @roseannburke6512 День назад +3

    Thank you... very happy the Mountbattens are back.

  • @yoclark2723
    @yoclark2723 День назад +5

    One of the few here, that are fascinated with this book. Thanks for giving us another installment.

  • @MrsGator7
    @MrsGator7 День назад +17

    I enjoy whatever book you read.

    • @jackiehardyful
      @jackiehardyful День назад +1

      I was going to say the exact thing!!!

  • @carolhamm7645
    @carolhamm7645 День назад +5

    Thank you, Cheere. I appreciate that this is a ton of work and time for you. Truely, thank you ❤

  • @acmehorse
    @acmehorse День назад +11

    I'm a total anglophile and I love your commentary, thank you!

    • @dewarsbramangus
      @dewarsbramangus День назад +1

      I'm with you! My parents were both born in the UK, so it's in the blood!

    • @dewarsbramangus
      @dewarsbramangus День назад +2

      Cheere's voices, gesticularations, and facial expressions slay me and are priceless!

  • @thetruthmatters341
    @thetruthmatters341 День назад +3

    I am also one of the 100!, at this stage Cheere I would listen to you read the phone book!!! xxx

  • @Juanita-gf4te
    @Juanita-gf4te День назад +13

    From what I read Dickie never wanted the open marriage but went along with it to please Edwina, and yes, they both swung both ways.

  • @LadyCat183
    @LadyCat183 День назад +2

    Thank you for continuing. I can now resubscribe and start listening to Ethel's story again ❤

  • @troyboy6690
    @troyboy6690 День назад +2

    Hi Thanks for ocntinuing this book. I dont know why, but I am enjoying it. Especially with your amazement about their behaviour :P

  • @kyndalslifeowen6823
    @kyndalslifeowen6823 День назад +3

    I'm so glad to get back to this book. I been hoping we could finish it.

  • @CathyListens
    @CathyListens День назад +4

    I personally salute you my dear girl! SALUTE!!!❤

  • @silvialesko5117
    @silvialesko5117 День назад +2

    Perfect present on this 11th day of Christmas! Thanks, Cheere, for picking this book back up! I appreciate what you are up against, but I also appreciate you for coming back and finishing this book.

  • @shelleysykes5317
    @shelleysykes5317 День назад +6

    I'm glad you're still doing this book. Because honestly, I don't know if I'd have been able to get through it on my own even though I'm so interested in him. You know what I mean? I'll wager a lot of the others who like it feel the same way.

  • @shirleyrothouse8057
    @shirleyrothouse8057 День назад +4

    Glad you went back to the Montbattens.

  • @gmateri67mc39
    @gmateri67mc39 День назад +3

    I watch you because you create wonderful videos! I’ll watch whatever you put out! Thank you for all your hard work❤

  • @2HatzPatz
    @2HatzPatz День назад +3

    Thanks for coming back to Lord Louie, fascinating.

  • @ollimommy
    @ollimommy День назад +7

    So happy to see you today!

  • @AutismAgonyAunt
    @AutismAgonyAunt День назад +5

    Happy to say I'm one of the 100 😊 Thank you for this

  • @Sfree-g7t
    @Sfree-g7t День назад +3

    Thank you for continuing to read this book!

  • @d33j44
    @d33j44 День назад +3

    Thanks for picking this up! I completely understand your approach to more mainstream content. I’m so thankful for your covering subjects I never knew I was interested in!

  • @michaelhutchinson1713
    @michaelhutchinson1713 День назад +6

    I am so happy you did another video on this book. But, we all have to make a living. I have confidence that by New Year's Day next year you will have doubled your subscribers.

  • @lynnewilliams6662
    @lynnewilliams6662 День назад +4

    Yes yes yes it’s back …thank you ❤️❤️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @judyhamilton573
    @judyhamilton573 День назад +7

    Totally worth the wait! Thank you. I enjoy every thing you read.

  • @ralphl7643
    @ralphl7643 День назад +9

    I can't remember if you've talked about the massive trouble Lownie had trying to get access to Dickie's papers at the public university that bought them. He said he'd spent a half million pounds on legal fees. I suspect from the last section you read that D spent a lot of his retirement sifting out what he didn't want anyone to see--but then why restrict access so severely?

  • @nancyhendershott1033
    @nancyhendershott1033 День назад +7

    So glad you are here!!!

  • @ninahill2319
    @ninahill2319 День назад +9

    thank u for continuing :)

  • @Polly-Galgo
    @Polly-Galgo День назад +3

    Thank you for going back to this xx

  • @CornbreadOracle
    @CornbreadOracle День назад +5

    Ooooh the Mountbattens are back! Happy Sunday!

  • @karenm7449
    @karenm7449 День назад +3

    Thank you for this. Much appreciated. I think that from what we know, he was an odious and dangerous person.. One valuable aspect of these books is that it helps to explain some aspects of the Kin and his attitudes, given the huge influence Mountbatten was to him.

  • @MizzTH-G
    @MizzTH-G День назад +6

    I love that your subs are going up steadily! Well deserved. Can’t wait till you get to 100k!

  • @shabbysuzannah3702
    @shabbysuzannah3702 День назад +9

    Hello I’m looking forward to this ❤️🇬🇧 I love this book

  • @EvaMoritz
    @EvaMoritz День назад +8

    Ohhhhh!!! I thought you have forsaken this book altogether and I’m glad you didn’t! Thank you!

  • @lesleyhogg2495
    @lesleyhogg2495 День назад +5

    Fabulous! A late Christmas present for us all. Thank you.

  • @Faithful10415
    @Faithful10415 День назад +4

    I am always excited when I see a video pop up from you. What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Thank you!

  • @meagerz
    @meagerz День назад +4

    Yay! Another Mountnatten chapter!

  • @luciafidalgo296
    @luciafidalgo296 День назад +2

    Thank you Cheere Denise. I have missed it. It might not be popular but it remains very interesting.

  • @rock-t3d2k
    @rock-t3d2k День назад +3

    I'm pleased you are continuing with the Mountbattens. I've enjoyed these readings and am, frankly, bored to near tears with the antics of the H&M show. And Ethyl can wait a bit. It will be interesting to see how you skirt politics if RFK, Jr gets his cabinet position. Interesting that RFK got awarded the Medal of Freedom just this past week and RFK, Jr was not asked to accept it.

  • @heatblair
    @heatblair День назад +3

    Yay! I’m excited to finish this book. Love you Cheere! You could make a textbook interesting!

  • @janetpenica7981
    @janetpenica7981 День назад +2

    I am so glad this is back. Understand your reasoning for delay, but glad you’re making time for it. Thank you. 😊

  • @bexp436
    @bexp436 23 часа назад +1

    Hey, you are providing great entertainment and i appreciate it. I will go back and listen to the rest of your review of this book. They were a scandalous couple for the times and i remember hearing my mum and dad talk about them in hushed tones. Im from the UK and my parents were born in the 1920's so they wouldve have been of their time, roughly. I think he was a desperately ambitious and conniving man, who would stop at nothing to achieve what he wanted. He had apparently wanted his daughter to marry Prince Charles and therefore be closer to the crown.

  • @AlysonMcNulty
    @AlysonMcNulty День назад +4

    Nice to see and hear you today. I need some cheering up. A very special guinea pig I have followed online died.

  • @AmyJoTraut
    @AmyJoTraut День назад +7

    I am so happy!❤️😆

  • @ColleenD78
    @ColleenD78 День назад +5

    Cheere I'd listen to you read me a novel of the world's worst poetry, ok??? 😂😂😂 I think I speak for about 99% of your viewers when I say, Gurrrrl, we get it! Do your Thang, make that money and by all means do what ya gotta do to entice more subs to your brilliant channel! The more the merrier! I know I'm totally here for ANYTHING you're reading because I never cease to be amused, entertained, informed and delighted. Bravo on your growing channel.... so Flippin NICE to see a clever, wholesome, literate and unique channel beginning to bloom. Cheers, Cheere! 🩷💕💝💗💝💓

    • @cheeredenise
      @cheeredenise  День назад +1

      Thank you so much!!!!

    • @ColleenD78
      @ColleenD78 День назад

      ​@@cheeredenise❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @becktown5464
    @becktown5464 День назад +8

    Thank you!

  • @melbmelb7001
    @melbmelb7001 День назад +3

    I was so excited to see this video! I wanted to get to the end but I understand it’s not racking up the views. I love this series.

  • @finleykim
    @finleykim День назад +5

    I think understanding Mountbatten is extremely important in the context of Prince Philip and King Charles and the RF's overall protectionist attitude to the private lives of certain of their members. There is nothing straightforward about Dickie Mountbatten and I think when you read through to the end, it will all make more sense -- including the relationship between he and Edwina.

  • @theresemctague9911
    @theresemctague9911 День назад +3

    Been hanging out for this next chapter. Thanks

  • @ValRul-73
    @ValRul-73 День назад +6

    Cheer-es to Twelfth Night… with Cheere!🎀💗Now, let’s see where Dickie’s bound next

    • @BlueInk912
      @BlueInk912 День назад +4

      Blessed, I am - to be here on Twelve Night in good cheer with you & Cheere 🙏

    • @Marilena-y9j
      @Marilena-y9j День назад +1

      Twelfth Night indeed! The last day of Christmas --- and I never can remember the final gifts. Had to look it up! Twelve drummers drumming. 😆

  • @hayatahmed7163
    @hayatahmed7163 День назад +2

    Cheere - I’d love to hear you cover any books about the late Queen’s overseas royal tours.

  • @cassandratq9301
    @cassandratq9301 День назад +2

    The BEST book!

  • @JennyTolios
    @JennyTolios 10 минут назад

    Thank you so much for sticking with this book Cheere....even if its just for the hundred of us that look forward to this series. 🥰🥰🥰

  • @esterbengoa6077
    @esterbengoa6077 23 часа назад +2

    The Vintage Book Club has a very interesting interview with the author. It shows how difficult it is to write a nonfiction book in "free speech" UK.

  • @silva7493
    @silva7493 День назад +3

    I sometimes need a break from a book too!

  • @Marilena-y9j
    @Marilena-y9j День назад +3

    I basically agree with the popular opinion that the Ethel book is more interesting and fun than this one. But I DEEPLY appreciate your decision to go back and wrap ol' Louis Mountbatten up, so to speak.
    I hope 2025 will bring you 100 subscribers. You deserve it!

  • @baz7055
    @baz7055 День назад +5

    Thank you Cheere

  • @paulacostescu1041
    @paulacostescu1041 День назад +6

    🎉🎉🎉 Thank you

  • @cathyvezina2091
    @cathyvezina2091 День назад +2

    Thank you - I've been waiting for this.

  • @MsMartinMuses
    @MsMartinMuses День назад +4

    Yay! I’ve been waiting for this!

  • @deannamckinnon7962
    @deannamckinnon7962 День назад +2

    I love this book ❤

  • @therealinformalmusic
    @therealinformalmusic День назад +3

    The alleged poor shooting of Lord Mountbatten, who usually worked hard to gain expertise at any competitive practice, might be compared with the shooting of Prince Philip, his nephew. In •My Twenty Years in Buckingham Palace• by F. J. Corbitt (New York, 1956), p. 203, we read:
    “The ghillies and the stalkers [… .] declared [Prince Philip] in those days to be a poor shot and rather erratic.
    “It is a tribute to him that the same men who summed him up in that way in 1946 now have high praise for him as a shot. In this, as in so many other directions, Prince Philip has shown that when he makes up his mind to do a thing, he will do it as well as anyone else, and better than most.”

  • @gonefishing167
    @gonefishing167 День назад +2

    Thank you Cheere, d forgotten we hadn’t finished this book. It will get there - promise - and I have ( surprisingly) enjoyed it. 🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

  • @colleenluiz3678
    @colleenluiz3678 День назад

    Cheere I follow all of your books and recently I’ve gone back to watch the books you reviewed before I found your channel. Thank you for what you do. I couldn’t afford to buy all of these books myself so it’s appreciated. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @lindseydekreek8254
    @lindseydekreek8254 День назад +2

    I feel very much like I owe Cheere an apology. I’ve been one of those who wished this book would be completed because I was enjoying it so much! It was worth the wait! However now understanding her point of view, I wish I would better thought of things from her point of view. I didn’t realize that she uses this channel to make money for her family. Please accept my apologies! And thank you for being a wonderful part of my day!

    • @LadyCat183
      @LadyCat183 День назад +2

      When Cheere started this channel she did not require money for it. People asked about a tip jar and she graciously declined. Obviously her circumstances changed

  • @mariannestoutland7741
    @mariannestoutland7741 День назад +2

    thank you for continuing with this book...I thought you had completed it, and it was so juicy that our platform hosts weren't letting me access the remaining chapters 😂.

  • @TheAmericanGirl1967
    @TheAmericanGirl1967 День назад +5

    Alright! 🎉

  • @helencq3916
    @helencq3916 День назад +2

    Thank you for this!!!!!!

  • @c0n_w0
    @c0n_w0 4 часа назад

    I am enjoying your insightful commentary and book review. Your videos are delightful.

  • @esterbengoa6077
    @esterbengoa6077 23 часа назад

    Thank you for persevering. I do appreciate how lacklustre this book is compared to others.

  • @someamericanfanofQE2
    @someamericanfanofQE2 21 час назад +1

    Oh, Dickie. Can only control the narrative so long.

  • @CowboyRc743
    @CowboyRc743 День назад +3

    Nice work!

  • @silva7493
    @silva7493 День назад +5

    Thank you!!!

  • @someamericanfanofQE2
    @someamericanfanofQE2 День назад +6

    Yes!!