More Rosebud - Lord Ivar Mountbatten

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media

Society & Culture, Unknown

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Our guest today is Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a great-great-great grandson of Queen Victoria, cousin of Prince Phillip, descendant of Russian Tsars and of Pushkin, and the second son of David, the late Marquess of Milford Haven, who was Prince Philip's best man at his wedding to Princess Elizabeth in 1947. Lord Ivar tells Gyles about his complex and fascinating lineage, and he also tells him about growing up in a grand house "like Downton Abbey", surrounded by servants and with a mother who was lazy, uninterested in her children and too posh to pack her own suitcase. He talks about the death of his father when he was only 7, and about his relationship with his Great Uncle, Louis Mountbatten, who was eventually assassinated in 1979. Ivar talks about his schooldays and tells Gyles some great stories about holidaying with Queen Elizabeth II. He talks about his sexuality, about meeting and marrying his wife, and about how he eventually gained the courage to come out as gay and begin a new life with his now husband, James Coyle. And he talks about appearing on the US version of the Traitors!

This is a fascinating snapshot of life in the English aristocracy, and an honest account of coming out as gay when you're a member of one of the most famous families in the world.

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, the best day of the week, because it's more rosebud. Oh, wait a minute. Perhaps the best day of the week is Friday because that's Rosebud. Tuesday, more Rosebud, Friday, Rosebud, Tuesday, Friday. Now, I can't decide which is the best day of week. Maybe they're all good. Yes, you can actually listen to
0:21.9	Rosebud any day you like. There's a whole back catalogue of episodes. So whenever you want
0:27.6	Rosebud, 24-7, we are here with the interesting memories of remarkable people. Please
0:34.4	stick with us, spread the word. We love having you here. Welcome to more Rosebud. Welcome
0:39.2	to Rosebud. Welcome to the, oh, the whole rollicking, riotous Rosebud world. Enjoy. And now,
0:47.0	cue the music. Welcome to another episode of more Rosebud.
1:10.0	Harriet, Jane, my friend and producer, is here.
1:14.0	Harriet, have you ever thought of writing a book?
1:17.7	When I was a child, yes, that's what I wanted to do, be a writer.
1:21.2	Oh, and what kind of book were you going to write?
1:23.1	Oh, I was probably something...
1:27.2	I started a book.
1:28.6	It was called The Secret Diary of Alice.
1:34.1	I can't remember what her name was.
1:35.2	It was a sort of diary of an Edwardian lady sort of thing.
1:39.3	Do you know a book called The Young Visitors by Daisy Ashford?
1:42.3	Yes, I do.
1:42.9	It's charming, isn't it, and amusing. Brilliant. And she wrote that as a child. I think she genuinelyford. Yes, I do. It's charming, isn't it? And amazing.
1:44.4	Brilliant. And she wrote that as a child. I think she genuinely did. Yeah, she did. Yeah. So, and I know when you were the producer of the radio program, my teenage diary, you helped compile a book of those recollections. Yeah, that's just putting together people's diary extracts. Well, maybe when maybe you'll be publishing your diaries one day.
1:42.9	Maybe.
1:43.4	Or a novel.
1:44.2	Mm. recollections. Yeah, that's just putting together people's diary extracts. Well, maybe you'll be publishing your diaries one day.
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