As the cousin of King Charles, Lord Ivar Mountbatten is used to living a life in the public eye.
One can only imagine then that he is well equipped to deal with the blitz of showbiz interviews he has ahead after winning the US version of TV show The Traitors.
The aristocrat was one of four competitors to emerge victorious from the competition and, as such, has been lined up for a slew of appearances in America.
One of his first engagements saw him appear on the hugely popular The Tonight Show where he and the fellow winners were interviewed by host Jimmy Fallon.
Lord Mountbatten, 61, made his appearance alongside US reality TV stars Dolores Catania, who appeared on TV show Real Housewives of New Jersey, and Gabby Windey, from The Bachelorette.
The fourth winner to appear with them on the show was Dylan Efron whose main claim to fame is being the younger brother of Hollywood star Zac Effron.
And while not seen on camera, a magazine article on the appearance by magazine Vanity Fair revealed Lord Mountbatten’s husband – Glasgow-born James Coyle – was there by his side backstage.
During the interview Fallon had asked the winners if they would return for a potential all-stars season of the show.
Lord Mountbatten and his fellow winners appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
The four competitors have a host of showbiz interviews ahead of them following their win
L-R: Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Prince William, Camilla Duchess of Cornwall, Ella Mountbatten, Prince of Wales, Edward The Duke of Wessex, and Queen Elizabeth II inspect the troops at London’s Horse Guards before the annual Trooping the Colour parade, June 11, 2005
However, while while Catania said she misses Scotland ‘every day,’ Windey didn’t mince words, saying: ‘No. Nobody needs to go to Scotland.’
Lord Mountbatten – second cousin to King Charles – was one of 21 competitors who took part in the show filmed at the grand Ardross Castle in Alness, near Inverness.
The aristocrat no doubt felt right at home in the stunning building, which was built in the 19th century in the Scottish baronial style and boasts formal gardens and 100 acres of parkland on the banks of the River Alness.
Images of him from the latest series had shown an element of friction between Lord Mountbatten and fellow winner Gabby Windey.
During the clip, she had blasted: ‘If you carry on with that cocky attitude you might get yourself in trouble.’
As she makes the comments the camera had cut to Lord Mountbatten, shaking his head in a sign of tension between the pair.
The US version of the show follows the same format as its British counterpart with a group of contestants picked to be the ‘Traitors’ who must work together to eliminate the other contestants to win the cash prize.
The remaining contestants are ‘Faithfuls’ who try to discover and banish the Traitors by voting them out to in order to claim the $250,000 on offer. Both shows are produced by Studio Lambert.
Lord Mountbatten’s husband James Coyle was backstage during The Tonight Show
The couple celebrated the Royal family’s first same-sex wedding at their ceremony in 2018
They share the same location, props and mission, with the main difference being the hosts – Claudia Winkleman in the British version and Scots actor Alan Cumming presenting the US version.
Lord Mountbatten is no stranger to being in the public eye.
Not only is he the first Royal openly in a same-sex relationship, but he is also the first to have a same-sex wedding after marrying his partner, James Coyle, a Glaswegian air steward, in 2018.
Following an amicable 2011 divorce from the mother of his three children, the blue-blooded aristocrat revealed in 2016 that he was in a relationship with Mr Coyle.
The couple were married in a private ceremony on Lord Mountbatten’s estate, Bridwell Park in Devon, when his former wife Penny walked him down the aisle.
