Lord Ivar Mountbatten, third cousin to Queen Elizabeth II and the great-great-great grandson to Queen Victoria, became the first British Royal to publicly come out in 2016 when he revealed he’s bisexual.
Then then became the first British Royal to have a same-sex wedding last September when he and his partner, Scottish flight attendant James Coyle, tied the knot in the chapel of Mountbatten’s Bridewell Park country estate.
Now, in an interview with Tatler magazine, published just ahead of the couple’s one year wedding anniversary, Mountbatten is opening up about how the royal family has responded to his relationship with Coyle.
Asked whether he thought coming out had been good for the family, Mountbatten replied, “Well, you would hope so!” Then he added, “But then they don’t really talk about it. I mean, the royals, they don’t communicate very well.”
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Unlike his first marriage to ex-wife, Penelope Thompson, to whom he was previously married for 16 years and shares three children, no royals attended his wedding to Coyle, though Prince Edward and his wife Sophie had planned on being there before some scheduling issues arose.
It’s all good with Mountbatten, though. He says his children have been nothing but supportive, which is what matters most.
“I think they like having another man in the house,” he said. “Better than a stepmother who could have turned out to be a step-monster.”
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gjg64
A third cousin is not really a member of the Royal Family. How many of us even know ours (I do, but I’m into genealogy).
iron
Asked whether he thought coming out had been good for the family,
Mountbatten replied, “Well, you would hope so!”
Then he added, “But then they don’t really talk about it. I mean, the royals, they don’t communicate very well.”
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He shares three children
no royals attended his wedding to Coyle,
It’s all good with Mountbatten, though. He says his children have been nothing but supportive, which is what matters most.
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alistair16
What’s crock anything for a cheap story. He is so far removed from the queen she probably hasn’t a clue who he is
MikeM
He’s actually more closely related to the queen’s husband, Prince Phillip, whose family name is Mountbatten. The queen and her husband are third cousins. Twice over. Ivar is a godfather to Prince Edward’s daughter. She’s well aware of who he is.
JED08
Ever notice how all of these bisexual guys are only in same-sex relationships. They never show any interest in girls, ever, but they tell people that they’re bisexual.
paul dorian lord fredine
read the article, numnutz. he was married to a woman and has three kids. obviously he was interested in the opposite sex at some point.
Loki
The Tatler article ID’s Mountbatten as gay several times.
“Ivar is the first member of the extended British Royal family to come out publicly as gay.”
He did tell his wife before he married her that he was “bi-sexual.” He had numerous affairs with MEN during the marriage, which is what led to the divorce. It’s clear even now that Mountbatten is still uncomfortable with the idea of being gay. But when he came out he came out as GAY.
The title of this Queerty article is just another instance of them agenda-pushing (“bi-visibility”).
pharaon.em.joe
Did you notice how arrogant your comment is? If you don’t “believe” in bisexuality, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. You sound like a bigot.
paul dorian lord fredine
gee, they don’t talk about it, as if sitting around talking about all the relationships like it’s a party game. maybe they simply think it’s none of their damn business. the important thing is that they include them both, acknowledge them both, not that they ‘talk about it’. talk means nothing if it’s not backed up with actions.
eagerbeaver
So far removed that Queerty deemed “no picture for you!”.
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Brian
I like to think she punctuated that statement with an Alyssa Edwards tongue pop.
jcoberkrom
Third Cousin!! I wouldn’t know any of my third cousins if I wasn’t into genealogy.
What’s the big deal.