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| Alick Dru and Lady Tatiana Mountbatten at Royal Ascot, June 2021. Photo (c) Getty Images / Kirsten Sinclair. |
Through her social media, Lady Tatiana Mountbatten recently announced her engagement to Alexander Dru.
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| The engagement announcement in The Telegraph, 8 January. |
The official announcement of the engagement was placed in The Telegraph by Tatiana's mother, Lady Spencer of Alresford.
Born at London on 16 April 1990, Lady Tatiana Helen Georgia Mountbatten is the only daughter and first child of George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven (b.1961), and his first wife Sarah Georgina Walker (b.1961), who married in 1989. Lady Tatiana's paternal grandparents are David Mountbatten, 3d Marquess of Milford Haven (1919-1970) and his second wife Janet Bryce (b.1937). Her maternal grandparents are George Alfred Walker (1929-2011) and Jean Hatton (b.1936). Through her father, Lady Tatiana Mountbatten is a descendant of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Grand Duke Ludwig II of Hesse and by Rhine, among others.
Born at Somerset in 1991, Alexander "Alick" Bernard M. Dru is the son of Auberon A. B. Dru (b.1951) and Catherine M. Norden (b.1960), who married in 1989. Alexander's paternal grandparents are Major Alexander Bernard Cecil Dru (1904-1977) and Gabriel Mary Hermione Herbert (1911-1987). His maternal grandparents are Dr. Richard H. Norden (b.1933) and April Mary Binet (1936-2012). Through his paternal grandmother, Alexander Dru is a great-great grandson of the 4th Earl of Carnarvon and the 4th Viscount de Vesci of Abbey Leix.
Our best wishes to the couple on their engagement!
