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Lord Ivar Mountbatten is gaining consideration after he was introduced as one of many many contestants on The Traitors.
Alan Cumming introduced on the At the moment Present Wednesday, June 4, that Mountbatten can be becoming a member of season 3 of the competitors sequence alongside actuality TV veterans Boston Rob Mariano, Danielle Reyes, Tom Sandoval, Chrishelle Stause and extra, amongst a complete of 21 contestants. Whereas Mountbatten hasn’t made a reputation for himself on TV, he has develop into well-known as an prolonged member — and the primary brazenly homosexual member — of the royal household.
Ivar, who was born in March 1963, is the son of David Mountbatten, who’s the third Marquess of Milford Haven, and Janet Mercedes Bryce. By his father, Ivar is the grandson of Prince George of Battenberg and the great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria. Ivar’s father was the cousin of Prince Philip who married Queen Elizabeth II in 1947, making Ivar the primary cousin as soon as eliminated of Philip, a 3rd cousin as soon as eliminated of Elizabeth and a second cousin of King Charles III.
Prepare The Traitors followers, a brand new group of faithfuls and traitors are strolling into Alan Cumming’s fortress. Peacock introduced on Wednesday, June 5, that the season 3 forged will embody Tom Sandoval, Robyn Dixon, Dolores Catania, Wells Adams, Tony Vlachos, Carolyn Wiger, Britney Haynes and extra. Rob Mariano (Boston Rob), Dorinda Medley, Chrishell Stause, […]
Ivar has been candid about how he thought-about Philip to be a father determine to him after his dad died in 1970.
“In later years, I might sit with him and ask infinite questions on my father. It was fantastic to have somebody who may inform me the whole lot about him,” he stated to The Telegraph in April 2021. “Prince Philip was an exquisite listener; you would inform him something so long as you have been being sincere and forthright. He was joyful to hearken to your ideas. But when he had some recommendation he thought you ought to listen to, he’d give it to you.”
As a member of the prolonged household, Ivar doesn’t have any royal duties. He has beforehand labored as a geologist and businessman. Ivar can also be the previous director of the SCL Group, which was a strategic communication firm. Whereas Ivar is a member of the royal household, he understands why he isn’t concerned in royal occasions as a lot as he as soon as was a baby.
“The household has bought very giant,” he informed Tatler in 2019. “Once we have been youthful we went to royal occasions on a regular basis. However now that everybody has had kids, fairly rightly the whole lot has slimmed down.”
Whereas Ivar isn’t lively with the royals, he does have an in depth relationship with a few of them. He has maintained bonds with King Charles’ youngest brother Prince Edward and his spouse Duchess Sophie. Ivar is the godfather to Edward and Sophie’s daughter Girl Louise Windsor.
Edward and Sophie are the godparents to 2 of Ivar’s kids, daughters Ella and Alix, whom he shares with ex-wife Penny Mountbatten. (The exes, who cut up in 2011, additionally share daughter Luli.)
Ivar made historical past in 2016 when he grew to become the primary member of the royal household to brazenly be in a same-sex relationship with now-husband James Coyle. The couple tied the knot in 2018 and have been the primary British royals to have a same-sex marriage ceremony. Whereas chatting with The Impartial in 2023, Ivar shared that his household “was extremely supportive” about his and Coyle’s relationship.
