Lord Ivar Mountbatten came out as gay and revealed that he was in a relationship with Mr James Coyle, an airline cabin services director whom he met whilst at a ski resort in Verbier, Switzerland.
Queen's cousin Lord Ivar Mountbatten has spoken of his decision to come out as gay after finding love
In 1994 Lord Ivar Mountbatten married to Penelope Anne Vere Thompson. They divorced in 2011. The couple got three daughters:
Ella (godchild of the Earl of Wessex),
Alexandra (godchild of the Countess of Wessex) and
Louise (godchild of Princess Xenia von Hohenlohe-Langenburg).
Lord Ivar is quite related to diverse royal Houses:
Parents:
David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (1919-1970)
Janet Mercedes Bryce (1937)
Paternal grandparents:
George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (1892-1938)
Nadejda Mikhailovna Romanova, cr. Countess de Torby (1896-1963)
Paternal great-grandparents:
Prince Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt, cr. Prince von Battenberg, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (1954-1921)
Princess Viktoria von Hessen-Darmstadt (1863-1950)
Mikhail Mikhailovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1862-1929)
Sophie of Nassau, cr. Countess von Merenberg, cr. Countess de Torby (1838-1927)
Paternal great-great-grandparents:
Prince Alexander von Hessen-Darmstadt (1823–1888)
Countess Julia Hauke (1825–1895)
Ludwig IV, Grand-Duke of Hessen-Darmstadt (1837-1892)
Princess Alice of Great-Britain and Ireland (1843-1878)
Mikhail Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1832-1909)
Cäcilie Auguste, Princess and Margravine of Baden (1839-1891)
Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau (1832-1905)
Natalja Aleksandrovna Pushkina, cr. Countess von Merenberg (1832-1905)