In 2021, Prince Philip passed away.
His funeral did not invite too many people, and in the list of 30 attendees, in addition to the close relatives of the royal family, there was also a person who was not related to the royal family.
Countess of Mountbatten, Petunia.
The Earl of Mountbatten could not have used it, but the Countess had it.
Penny, who appeared at the funeral, is a 68-year-old old lady with a temperament like a young woman.
A decent black dress with a small black round hat, diamond brooch, pearl necklace and pearl earrings, understated and high-quality.
Her pale face and lost eyes told people that she was truly sad.
Those who know know that she is a close friend of the royal family and the person Prince Philip will never fall behind, and every time she invites someone, she always adds the phrase "And Penny".
This time, it was the Queen herself who added her name to the end of the list. Inviting a woman who has been a confidante of her husband for 40 years to send him on the last ride, the pattern of the queen is really not comparable to ordinary people.
Also incomparable to ordinary people is Penny.
Penny's background is not high at all, and her father took over the butcher's knife of her ancestors and worked as a meat seller. Therefore, Penny, the daughter of the butcher, can't even touch the side of the royal family.
But her father came to a family counterattack by selling meat, and directly became a brand chain and became a billionaire.
The daughter was also sent to an aristocratic school and mixed into the circle of those real nobles.
She was able to marry into the Mountbatten family, which is the credit of the mixed circle.
Norton. Mountbatten was the third heir to the Earl of Mountbatten, and his grandfather was Prince Philip's life mentor, Uncle Mountbatten.
When Penny married Norton in 1979 wearing the Mountbatten family crown, Charles was the best man, and the Queen and Prince Philip also attended the wedding.
Penny, who became the countess, hosted friends from the aristocratic circle in the 86-acre estate of the Mountbatten family, and Charles and Diana chose her family's estate for their honeymoon.
Dressed stylishly, elegantly, and very measured, such a countess is the most open in aristocratic circles.
In the eyes of the prince, Penny still has a different feeling, smart, natural, hearty but not frivolous, making him feel like a spring breeze.
However, the relationship between the two became closer after the death of Penny's youngest daughter.
At that time, Penny needed someone to talk to her grief, and her cousin Philip lent her a shoulder.
From the beginning of the car trip together, the two found that they don't look different in their 30s, but they both like outdoor sports, and the two have more and more feelings.
In addition to fishing, swimming and paddling, they also participate in British horseback riding together twice a week, or ride their beloved little motorcycle on a manor that never gets stuck in traffic, and Penny will also come to an intimate grab.
As long as it is a picture of the two in the same frame, it is always laughter.
Penny laughs like this, the queen will never have.
The Prince's smile at Petunia is rare when he is with the Queen.
The relationship between the two is so blatant that even the queen does not shy away. The queen was distressed and went to the head of the Mountbatten family to complain.
The general who has lived an open marriage all his life said a scumbag famous saying, a man's flying colorful flags outside does not mean that he does not love the red flag at home. The queen could only shut up.
At that time, the rumors were very lively, and Philip stood up and generously justified Penny, saying that she was just his red rose, and he only saw it and did not buy it.
And Penny also denies that the two have a further relationship, and wants to ask what the real relationship is, at most it is spiritual love.
Later, when the queen lost her sister and mother in the most need of comfort, Philip was busy watching the equestrian competition with his passionate red rose. That time was when the queen was most out of control, and she forced Philip to accompany her.
After that, the royal family's activities began to show harmonious pictures of the Queen, Prince Philip and Petunia in a threesome. Every event of the royal family must invite Penny, and the queen also invited Penny to ride with her and laugh with her.
The Queen said that the Prince was attractive to women and that he loved having her around.
Although Penny is enthusiastic and informal, she acts cautiously. With Prince Philip for so many years, the outside world has never found a single royal secret in her mouth.
Of course, it is not only her reliability that the queen recognizes, but also the tenacity and responsibility of the countess.
Penny and the Prince are engaged in spiritual love, and the Count is looking for a lover outside. The two people in the marriage play their own way, which is not strange among the European aristocracy, and the noble circle is laughing at poverty and not laughing at prostitutes.
However, the Earl later abandoned Penny to take his lover to the Bahamas, and Penny became a joke in aristocratic circles. However, she did not feel embarrassed at all, and while interacting with the royal family, she also managed the estate well and profitably.
Later, after the count lost his usable value and was dumped by his lover, Penny accepted the husband who had no other length except Alzheimer's disease.
When Philip retired in 2017 and lived on the farm, he was often by his side with Penny.
Therefore, after the death of the prince, it was the queen who knew the prince best, and she not only invited Penny to participate at the funeral, but also invited Penny again at the commemoration of the prince's death a week ago.
The phrase "And Penny" imprinted in the prince's mind has long been imprinted in the queen's mind.
The queen appeared at the Jockey Club, and next to her was Penny. And the queen is in good shape, and Penny is also calm.
The queen went out, rolled down the glass of the car, and had a pleasant conversation with Penny.
In the stands, Penny would intimately cover the queen with a thin blanket to prevent her from getting cold.
People wondered, the queen's operation was too much.
Later, I learned that it was really the queen who took the initiative to be good with Penny, a person who is buried in the loess to the neck of the stalk, and it is not interesting to care, or have more contacts.
With half of her life's moisturizer, Penny has mixed herself into a dependency of the queen, and this position is not something that ordinary red roses can do.