Queen's Lord Ivar Mountbatten says he is gay | Rters

Contents:

• BRISH ROYAL FAY'S FIRST GAY WEDDG: LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO MARRY JAM COYLE
• THE STORY OF LORD IVAR MOUNTBATTEN – THE QUEEN’S WHO IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ROYAL
• LORD IVAR MOUNTBATTEN: FIRST OPENLY GAY ROYAL REVEALS HE IS NOT ENTIRELY FORTABLE WH HIS SEXUALY
• INSI LORD MOUNTBATTEN AND WIFE EDWA’S SNDALO MARRIAGE WH BED-HOPPG, ‘THREOM’ AND GAY AFFAIRS
• ‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
• QUEEN'S LORD IVAR MOUNTBATTEN SAYS HE IS GAY
• QUEEN ELIZABETH'S LORD IVAR MOUNTBATTEN SAYS WAS 'ALARMG' TO BE NAMED 'THE FIRST GAY ROYAL'

BRISH ROYAL FAY'S FIRST GAY WEDDG: LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO MARRY JAM COYLE

Lord Mountbatten 'was a homosexual wh a lt for young boys' claims secret FBI dossier piled by agents seekg dirt on Brish statmen durg World War Two and the Suez CrisisIntelligence fil scribe Lord Mountbatten as person of 'extremely low morals'75-year-old documents say he equently had homosexual extramaral affairs It ahead of the 40th anniversary of his ath at hands of the IRA 1979 Published: 08:31 BST, 18 Augt 2019 | Updated: 14:47 BST, 18 Augt 2019.

THE STORY OF LORD IVAR MOUNTBATTEN – THE QUEEN’S WHO IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ROYAL

Prce Charl' uncle and valued mentor Lord Mountbatten was a 'homosexual wh a perversn for young boys', acrdg to a secret dossier piled by the telligence fil scribe the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and his wife Edwa as 'persons of extremely low morals' who equently had extramaral source said Mountbatten's penchant for young men ma him 'an unf man to direct any sort of ary operatns'. Prce Charl' uncle and valued mentor Lord Mountbatten (pictured together) was a 'homosexual wh a perversn for young boys', acrdg to a secret dossier piled by the FBI The telligence fil scribe the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and his wife Edwa (pictured their younger days) as 'persons of extremely low morals' who equently had extramaral affairsIt is not known why agents began pilg the dossier, but the FBI has long been known to keep promisg material on high-profile figur, most famoly Mart Luther Kg.

LORD IVAR MOUNTBATTEN: FIRST OPENLY GAY ROYAL REVEALS HE IS NOT ENTIRELY FORTABLE WH HIS SEXUALY

In the book, The Mountbattens: their Liv & Lov, Mountbatten's former driver Ron Perks reveals that one of his boss's favoure statns was 'an upmarket gay brothel ed by senr naval officers' lled the Red Hoe near Rabat. 'She stated that Lord Louis Mountbatten was known to be a homosexual wh a perversn for young boys.

Rumours about Mountbatten's sexualy have long swirled followg his ath 40 years royal kept a large group of gay iends, cludg Noël Coward, Terence Rattigan, Ivor Novello and Tom Driberg, who reportedly referred to him as 'Mountbottom'. However, his fay name giv him a higher profile Brish aristocratic circl; he is the great-nephew of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the World War II naval manr who led Allied ary forc southeast a reflectn of social change, royal attus to homosexualy have progrsed sce 1960 when Jeremy Fry, Lord Snowdon’s choice of bt man for his weddg to Prcs Margaret, was vetoed after was disvered he had a nvictn for a “mor homosexual offense.

INSI LORD MOUNTBATTEN AND WIFE EDWA’S SNDALO MARRIAGE WH BED-HOPPG, ‘THREOM’ AND GAY AFFAIRS

”Harry and Meghan, who wed on May 19, have ma clear their support of gay rights, reportedly tellg gay legat om across Bra’s former empire, the Commonwealth that they would put LGBT issu at the ont of their William last year received the annual Brish LGBT Awards’ Celebry Straight Ally award. In his acceptance vio, he lled out homophobic bullyg.

"William also ma history May 2016 as the first Brish royal to be featured on the ver a gay magaze.

Ivar is the first member of the extend Brish Royal fay to e out publicly as gay. That was none other than Penny, who has given the new uple her fullt ten years ago, for a member of the Royal Fay to e out as gay and remarry to a man would have been unimagable.

‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS

This summer, Prce William said would be 'absolutely fe by me' if one of his children was gay, and would 'fully support any cisn they make'. It's a sign of the speed at which public attus to gay equaly have changed more broadly that Ivar and Jam say they have yet to receive a sgle negative reactn om anyone. Even though he always knew he was bisexual, and had told Penny before they got married, he didn't thk he wanted to be openly gay after the divorce.

QUEEN'S LORD IVAR MOUNTBATTEN SAYS HE IS GAY

' For Jam, havg no children of his own was one of the great sadns of beg gay. ’It's why he has agreed appear on the new seri of The Island, the Channel 4 realy TV seri: to show that is possible to be a fifty somethg gay aristocrat and not necsarily nform to stereotyp.

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S LORD IVAR MOUNTBATTEN SAYS WAS 'ALARMG' TO BE NAMED 'THE FIRST GAY ROYAL'

'A lot of people my generatn are worried about g out bee we perceive gay men to be mp stereotyp, like Larry Grayson. In September 2016, Lord Ivar Mountbatten beme the first member of the extend Brish Royal fay to openly e out as gay. In an terview wh Tatler earlier this year, Lord Ivar reflected on beg the first extend royal to e out as gay.

Jt a few years ago, would have been unimagable for a royal to e out as gay and to marry somebody of the same sex.

In an terview last year, the De of Cambridge said that he would “fully support” his children if they were gay, but admted he was worried about the prsur they might face.