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Article: disinherited! His great grandfather was Earl Mountbatten. His godfather is Prince Charles. He's heir to this mansion, 6,000 acres and a [pounds sterling]100m fortune. Estranged from his father, he faces eviction from his seedy bedsit. Meet just another recruit to Britain's growing army of drug addicts.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- March 16, 2002
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Byline: ROSS BENSON
THE future Earl Mountbatten of Burma would, if all had gone according to family plan, now be the friend, mentor and confidant of his cousin, Prince William. But that is not how it has worked out for Nicholas Knatchbull. The Prince of Wales's godson has dropped out of university and is battling a serious drug problem.
And, on the eve of his 21st birthday, he is living, not in the 60-room Georgian mansion that was his birthright, but in a one-room flat in Streatham, South-West London.
His father Lord Romsey has disinherited him for the time being, and warned him unequivocally that if he does not pull himself together - and ...