On top of the world! Lady Tatiana Mountbatten, 31, daughter of the Queen's cousin the Marquess of Milford Haven, is set to wed her Old Etonian boyfriend after he proposed on a skiing holiday in the Alps
- Lady Tatiana Mountbatten, 31, is engaged to entrepreneur boyfriend Alick Dru
- Old Etonian Alick popped the question on a mountaintop in Verbier, Switzerland
- Tatiana is the daughter of the Queen's cousin, the Marquess of Milford Haven
- Glamorous friends including step-sister Cressida Bonas shared their excitement
Lady Tatiana Mountbatten has announced her engagement to startup founder boyfriend Alexander 'Alick' Dru.
Lady Tatiana, 31, the daughter of the Marquess of Milford Haven, a first cousin of the Queen, shared stunning Instagram snaps revealing the happy news after Alick went down on bended knee while they were on a skiing holiday in the Alps.
The Old Etonian had taken the sparkler with him to Verbier, Switzerland, and chose the romantic mountaintop spot for the proposal.
The couple look on top of the world in the candid snaps taken moments later, with dressage rider Tatiana wrapping her arm around Alick, 30.
On top of the world! Lady Tatiana, 31, the daughter of the Marquess of Milford Haven, a first cousin of the Queen, shared stunning Instagram snaps revealing the happy news after Alick went down on bended knee while they were on a skiing holiday in the Alps
Love is in the air: Old Etonian Alick had taken the sparkler with him to Verbier, Switzerland, and chose the romantic mountaintop spot for the proposal. Pictured, in the Instagram snaps
Society beauty: Lady Tatiana Mountbatten at a Tatler party (left) and at Royal Ascot with Alick
Proud father: Equestrian Lady Tatiana is the eldest child of George Mountbatten, 60 - whose brother Lord Ivar Mountbatten is the first openly gay member of the Royal Family - and his first wife Sarah Georgina Walker. He is now married to Clare, 61. Pictured, George and Clare
Royal ties: A family tree showing Tatiana Mountbatten's connection to the Queen and Prince Philip
Equestrian Lady Tatiana is the eldest child of George Mountbatten, 60 - whose brother Lord Ivar Mountbatten is the first openly gay member of the Royal Family - and his first wife Sarah Georgina Walker. He is now married to Clare, 61.
Her younger brother Henry, 30, is Earl of Medina.
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Cressida, Prince Harry's actress ex-girlfriend, was among those who congratulated the couple on the news of their engagement, writing: 'Beauties'.
Close friend Violet Manners, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland who was on holiday in Verbier at the same time, also shared her well-wishes, writing: 'Yes yes yes yes yes! So happy I got to see you both glowing this week. Big love xxxx.'
Society beauties Sabrina Percy, Hum Fleming and Flora Ogilvy also shared their excitement.
Time to celebrate! The couple are beaming in the candid snaps taken moments after the engagement, with dressage rider Tatiana wrapping her arm around Alick
Lots of love: Society beauty friends and step-sister Cressida Bonas sent their well-wishes
Distant family member India Hicks added: 'Marriage is good - weddings are good.'
Although does not have quite the same social standing as his new fiancée, Alick's family tree is still dotted with landed gentry.
The 30-year-old - whose full name is Alexander Bernard Molyneux Dru - is the son of Auberon Alexander Bernard Dru and Catherine Margaret Norden, who were married in Somerset in 1989.
His father, known as Bernard, is the son of Major Alexander Dru and Gabriel Mary Hermione Herbert, and is a descendent of both John Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci, and Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon.
Together with his wife, Bernard now runs Bernard Dru Oak Ltd, which produces and installs high-quality oak flooring, 'sustainably sourced' from woodlands in the Haddeo Valley. They live in Bickham Manor in Timberscome, Somerset.
Alick was educated at Eton and studied History at Oxford before finding Tripr, a social travel app, for 'travellers [who] would want to meet other travellers, as well as their friends.'
After working on Tripr, Alick founded Spires Tutoring, before leaving the world of start-ups behind for a role on the M&A team at management consultancy Strategy&.
This was followed by a two-year stint as an investor at SoftBank Investment Advisers.
Now Alick is back in the world of startups.
In July 2021 he founded a so-called stealth startup, a startup company that operates in stealth mode, i.e. that avoids public attention. This may be done to hide information from competitors, or — as part of a marketing strategy — to manage public image.
Horse-mad: Dressage rider Tatiana, who trained under Olympian Charlotte Dujardin, was educated at the elite £12,000-a year Millfield private school in Street, Somerset
Black tie brilliance: Tatiana with Lady Alice Manners, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland (left) and at a Cartier event at the Dorchester in November 2021
Meanwhile Tatiana, who trained under Olympian Charlotte Dujardin, was educated at the elite £12,000-a year Millfield private school in Street, Somerset.
Horse-mad Lady Tatiana once wanted to be a ski instructor, but now works training dressage horses.
Her polo-playing father George swelled his fortune by founding and selling price-comparison company uSwitch, and is thought to live in Switzerland.
After stints in Denmark and Germany, 'Tatty' has settled in Windsor, where she runs a very smart horse yard.
Her personal website reads: 'All you really need to know is that I spend every day doing what I love more than anything in the world; riding horses.
'I'm a professional dressage rider based in Windsor. Here, I train a couple of my own horses and some horses which have been put in training with me by some wonderful people who have trusted me with the education and career of their horse.
'I hold monthly dressage clinics at home in West Sussex, Great Trippetts Polo Club to be more precise.'
Tatiana is also training to be a psychotherapist.
Girl gang: Tatler It-Girl Bea Fresson, Vicky Nebel, Lady Sabrina Percy, Amber Le Bon, Betty Bachz and Tatiana Mountbatten at an event in London in 2019
Racing insiders: Sabrina Percy, Rosie Tapner, Frankie Dettori, Victoria Pendleton and Lady Tatiana Mountbatten
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