UK royal family set to see its first ever same-sex wedding

London: 2018 is gearing up to be the year of important royal weddings.

We've already seen Meghan Markle tie the knot with Prince Harry. And Princess Eugenie is all set to marry Jack Brooksbank on October 12.

But before then the royal family is due to be celebrating another historic 'I do'.

According to the Yahoo website, later this summer the Queen's cousin, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, will become the first person in the extended royal family to enter into a same-sex marriage.

Lord Ivar is due to marry his long-term partner, James Coyle, in an intimate ceremony in the private chapel on Lord Ivar's country estate in Devon.

In an interesting twist on the marriage proceedings, the groom-to-be will be given away by his ex-wife, Penny, the mother of his three daughters.

"It was the girls' idea," Penny explained in an interview with the Daily Mail. "It makes me feel quite emotional. I'm really very touched."

Penny is incredibly supportive of her ex-husband's new relationship and was aware that Lord Ivar identified as bisexual before the couple married.