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  • TODAY IN GAY | The first member of the UK’s Royal Family comes out as gay

    TODAY IN GAY | The first member of the UK’s Royal Family comes out as gay

    The first member of the extended Royal Family came out as gay in an interview with the Mail On Sunday in 2016.

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    The Queen’s cousin, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, then 53 years old, (pictured on the right) revealed that he was gay and in a relationship with his now-husband James Coyle (not in picture) in an interview.

    He is the first member of the extended Royal Family to have come out as openly gay. He is the great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria.

    Lord Mountbatten, had been previously married to Penelope Anne Vere Thompson and together they had three children, although they separated in 2010. Lord Mountbatten went on to marry Mr Coyle in 2018, becoming the first Royal to have a gay wedding.

    Speaking about his family’s reaction to his news and to his then-boyfriend, he said, “Now everyone in our family knows and could not be more supportive. Neither of us wanted to have relationships which were transitory; the stereotypical view of gay relationships is that they are too fleeting, too frequent”.

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    Lord Ivar Mountbatten September

    Lord Ivar Mountbatten, 53, became the first royal to come out as gay.

  • The first member of the extended British Royal Family comes out as gay

    The first member of the extended British Royal Family comes out as gay

    The first member of the extended Royal Family has come out as gay and in a relationship.

     

    The Queen’s cousin, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, 53, (pictured on the right) has revealed that he is gay and in a relationship with his boyfriend James Coyle (not in picture), who is an air steward.

    He is the first member of the extended Royal Family to have come out as openly gay. He is the great-great-great- grandson of Queen Victoria.

     

    Speaking to the Mail On Sunday he said,

    “Now everyone in our family knows and could not be more supportive. Neither of us wanted to have relationships which were transitory; the stereotypical view of gay relationships is that they are too fleeting, too frequent”.

    Lord Mountbatten, who had been previously married to a woman, although they separated in 2010, hasn’t ruled out marrying his partner, James, saying,

    “If you’d raised that six months or even two weeks ago, I’d have said ‘No way’. But now it’s out there [he means the fact he’s gay], anything is possible”

    Speaking about how his three daughters felt about him and his partner, Lord Mountbatten said,

    “In an ideal world, I know the girls would like their mother and father still to be together, but they love their 21st Century family that we have built too. Their father has a boyfriend. It’s that complicated and that simple, but finding James means I will not have to lie to anyone or grow old on my own.”