Ever since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot in that lavish ceremony a few months ago, they’ve quickly been slotted into the role of “favourite British royal couple”. It makes total sense why; they’re young, good-looking, charming, and a reasonably down-to-earth. I mean, Meghan even opens and closes her own car doors, which is just earth-shattering stuff as a British royal.
However, with no disrespect to Harry and Meghan, I think we may have found our new favourite British royal couple.
Last week, history was made when Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin Lord Ivar Mountbatten married his partner James Coyle in the British royal family’s first ever same-sex royal wedding.
The wedding itself was a relatively intimate affair with only 60 or so guests in attendance, but what it lacked in spectacle (relatively speaking in royal wedding terms), it more than made up for wholesomeness.
Mountbatten was reportedly walked down the aisle by his ex-wife Penny, who he divorced from in 2011 but evidently still gets along with perfectly well. As an extra cherry on top of this already-wholesome moment, the former couple’s three daughters -Alexandra, Ella, and Louise – were also in attendance, along with Mountbatten and Coyle’s pet dog, who was dressed 100% appropriately for the day.
While no members of the British royal family were at the ceremony, it is reported that they all sent through their warmest congratulations and wishes.
Having watched all of The Crown, navigating through all the British royal family obstacles that would test even the strongest relationships, let alone a same-sex relationship. But unlike Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend, Ivar and James got to have their happily ever after.
And with that, I’ll end this with a big congrats to the newly wed couple. Sorry again, Harry and Meghan, but hey, second favourite is still damn good.