London, Nov 21 (TIWN) There is speculation in a section of the British press that one of the reasons why a few documents -- diary notings and private letters -- have been withheld from inspection by academics, is because these would further disclose the relationship between India's first, quite revered Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten, wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last British viceroy and first governor-general of India.

The widely circulated tabloid newspaper The Sun reported: "In 1947, Lord Mountbatten was appointed Viceroy of India and charged with overseeing the country's transition to India and the couple (Mountbatten and Edwina) moved to Delhi. There, Edwina was to find her most enduring love affair with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru who, at 58, was ten years her senior."