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First Ever Same-Sex Wedding for the Royal Family
(World News) 5 years ago

The royal family isn’t exactly known for being progressive in many areas—just look at the fact that Prince Harry made history by marrying Meghan Markle. This weekend marked another moment for the royal history books, though, when Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a 55-year-old cousin of the Queen, married his partner, James Coyle.

Mountbatten, who is the first British royal—extended family member or immediate—to have a same-sex wedding, got divorced from his wife, Penny, in 2011. The two remained good friends, and she gave him away at his wedding on Saturday; Mountbatten announced on Instagram earlier this summer that this would happen. He said his three daughters, Alexandra, Ella, and Louise, made the request for this arrangement.

“Future and former spouses,” he wrote under a photo of himself alongside his ex-wife and husband-to-be. “My daughters decided it was only right their Mum should walk me down the aisle and give me away to James. Here’s hoping he won’t say no at the last minute.”

 

Per The Independent, Mountbatten kept quiet about his bisexuality until he came out two years ago. He met Coyle, who is originally from Glasgow, in 2014, but they only recently made the decision to marry.

Mountbatten, is, like the Queen, a direct descendant of Queen Victoria, and also a great-nephew of Earl Louis Mountbatten, who was Prince Philip’s uncle.

 

The two married in a private chapel at Bridwell Park, which is Mountbatten’s family home. In January 2015, he opened the home as a wedding and event venue.

 

Source : VanityFair

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