# The Times They Are A'Changing : Queen's Distant Cousin in Same-Sex Marriage

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**Created:** [June 20, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-times-they-are-achanging-queens-distant-cousin-in-same-sex-marriage/816445 "2018-06-20T15:08:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-times-they-are-achanging-queens-distant-cousin-in-same-sex-marriage/816445/1 "2018-06-20T15:08:34Z")

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Lord Mountbatten, a distant cousin of the Queen, is going to be marrying his male partner.

He’ll be walked down the aisle by his ex-wife, with whom he’s remained on good terms.

His partner, James Coyle, has stated that there won’t be two men in tuxedos on the cake, or white doves, “or anything twee like that.”

The story has been reported, fittingly enough, in _Town and Country_:

> **[Queen Elizabeth's Cousin Lord Ivar Mountbatten to Wed Partner in First Gay...](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a21581131/queen-elizabeth-lord-ivar-mountbatten-first-gay-royal-wedding/)**
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> The groom's ex-wife will reportedly give him away.

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-times-they-are-achanging-queens-distant-cousin-in-same-sex-marriage/816445/2 "2018-06-20T15:22:03Z")

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[https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/secret-history-gay-kings-queens-england/amp/](https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/secret-history-gay-kings-queens-england/amp/)

Its not new.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-times-they-are-achanging-queens-distant-cousin-in-same-sex-marriage/816445/3 "2018-06-20T18:07:31Z")

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The attraction isn’t new, but the social acceptance is. 🙂