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The Independent
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Prince Phillip's cousin shares late duke's kind words when he revealed he was gay
Prince Phillip's cousin has shared the kind words he offered after he came out as gay. Lord Ivar Mountbatten was the first member of the extended royal family to come out. He is the first cousin once removed of the late Duke of Edinburgh. Speaking to Gyles Brandreth on the Rosebud podcast in an episode released on Tuesday, 19 August, Lord Ivar shared how he was surprised to learn that the broadcaster had mentioned to Prince Philip that he had come out. "He said to you, 'whatever makes him happy,'... He was very tolerant. But then he was a sailor," Lord Ivar said with laughter.
The Independent
20 hours ago
- The Independent
Why late Queen refused to attend venue's official opening
Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a relative of the late Queen Elizabeth, was prevented from taking his shotguns on a flight from Bristol to Aberdeen. The incident occurred as he was travelling to Balmoral to join the Queen for a shooting weekend. Airport staff deemed the plane's hold insecure for the firearms, despite Lord Ivar explaining his royal destination. Upon hearing the account, Queen Elizabeth became 'rather irritated' and dispatched her equerry to arrange for the guns' transportation. The Queen then quipped that she would refuse to open the airport's new terminal, which was subsequently opened by the Princess Royal.
The Independent
21 hours ago
- The Independent
Queen Elizabeth ‘snubbed airport terminal opening after relative stopped from taking guns on plane', royal cousin claims
Queen Elizabeth II allegedly refused to open an airport terminal after her cousin was stopped from bringing his guns onto a plane. Appearing on the Gyles Brandreth's Rosebud podcast on Tuesday (19 August), Lord Ivar Mountbatten said the late monarch became "irritated" when he told her that staff at Bristol Airport stopped him from bringing his shotguns for security reasons. Lord Ivar had been travelling to the Scottish Highlands for a weekend shooting with the monarch. When he arrived with no guns, the late Queen turned to equerry Simon Brailsford and told him to 'see to it' that the weapons were delivered. She then allegedly told her cousin: 'They want me to open their new terminal. I don't think I will now.' In 2015, Princess Anne opened the new terminal extension at Bristol Airport.
The Independent
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Late Queen Elizabeth ‘refused to open airport terminal' after relative stopped from boarding plane with guns
The late Queen Elizabeth refused to open an airport terminal after a relative on his way to see her at Balmoral was stopped from boarding a plane with his guns, it has been claimed. Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a first cousin once removed of Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, revealed he was prevented from taking his shotguns on a flight from Bristol to Aberdeen. He told Gyles Brandreth's Rosebud podcast how a 'sweet check-in lady' told him the hold was accessible from the cabin so they would not be secure, despite him telling a manager: 'The Queen's sending me a car and she's expecting me for tea.' In the end, his guns were left in the police armory at the airport and Lord Ivar took the flight to Scotland to join the Queen for the shooting weekend in the Highlands. Later that day at Balmoral, when he recounted the tale to the Queen, it led to her 'getting rather irritated' and dispatching her equerry to arrange transportation of the guns, Lord Ivar said. The aristocrat, who is also Elizabeth II's distant cousin, told Brandreth: 'She said…'I would like Lord Ivar's guns to be up here tomorrow morning. Please see to it'. 'Whereupon she turns back to me and she looks at me over her glasses with a glint in her eye and she says, 'They want me to open their new terminal'. She says, 'I don't think I will now'.' Lord Ivar added: 'So every time I go back to Bristol Airport now, it was opened by the Princess Royal, I have a quiet laugh to myself.' Anne first opened a terminal building at Bristol Airport in 2000, and later opened a terminal extension in 2015. Lord Ivar, whose great-uncle was Earl Mountbatten, this year appeared in the third season of the reality show The Traitors US.
The Independent
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Late Queen ‘refused to open airport terminal' after relative stopped with guns
The late Queen refused to open an airport terminal after a relative on his way to see her at Balmoral was stopped from boarding a plane with his guns, he has claimed. Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a first cousin once removed of Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, revealed he was prevented from taking his shotguns on a flight from Bristol to Aberdeen. He told Gyles Brandreth's Rosebud podcast how a 'sweet check-in lady' told him the hold was accessible from the cabin so they would not be secure, despite him telling a manager: 'The Queen's sending me a car and she's expecting me for tea.' In the end, his guns were left in the police armory at the airport and Lord Ivar took the flight to Scotland to join the Queen for the shooting weekend in the Highlands. Later that day at Balmoral, when he recounted the tale to the Queen, it led to her 'getting rather irritated' and dispatching her equerry to arrange transportation of the guns, Lord Ivar said. The aristocrat, who is also Elizabeth II's distant cousin, told Brandreth: 'She said…'I would like Lord Ivar's guns to be up here tomorrow morning. Please see to it'. 'Whereupon she turns back to me and she looks at me over her glasses with a glint in her eye and she says 'They want me to open their new terminal'. She says 'I don't think I will now'.' Lord Ivar added: 'So every time I go back to Bristol Airport now, it was opened by the Princess Royal, I have a quiet laugh to myself.' Anne first opened a terminal building at Bristol Airport in 2000, and later opened a terminal extension in 2015. Lord Ivar, whose great-uncle was Earl Mountbatten, this year appeared in the third season of the reality show The Traitors US.
