Reuters quote of the day, August 27

LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) Following is a notable quote from history. ''You really are becoming exactly like Queen Victoria in her old age and nobody will know what to do when you aren't there to help and advise.'' -- Britain's Price Charles on his great-uncle and mentor Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, in August. 1970. Lord Mountbatten was killed when a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army destroyed his boat off Mullaghmore in Ireland on August. 27, 1979.

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