Overview

• Lord Ivar Mountbatten announced his daughter Ella’s engagement to Fergus Wright on July 26 via Instagram, joking that the proposal finally put the family “out of our misery.”
• Ella Mountbatten, 29, is a brand partnership manager at Hong Kong–based Peninsula Hotels and her fiancé, Fergus Wright, works as a marketing manager at Sky Sports Racing.
• As King Charles III’s second cousin once-removed, Ella’s forthcoming nuptials represent a high-profile event for the extended Mountbatten lineage.
• Lord Ivar Mountbatten became the first openly gay member of the British monarchy’s extended family when he married James Coyle in 2018.
• After winning The Traitors US season 3, Ivar’s increased media visibility has shone a spotlight on his family ahead of the anticipated high-society ceremony at Bridwell Park.