The Crown's harrowing real life tragedy united two women - one royal, one not - in grief

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The last words Mary Hornsey’s son said to her are etched for ever on her memory. Paul ­Maxwell was just 15 and as proud as punch to have been ­selected to work on Lord ­Mountbatten’s boat for the summer.

He was heading out for a day of lobster fishing with the Queen’s cousin, who was holidaying with his family at Classiebawn Castle, near Mullaghmore in County Sligo.

It was August 27, 1979. “He said, ‘Goodbye Mum, I will see you later on’,” says Mary. “I never saw him again.” Hours later, a bomb placed on the boat by the IRA to assassinate Lord Mountbatten went off, killing the 79-year-old along with his grandson, 14-year-old Nicholas Knatchbull, and Paul.