How Queen’s cousin got a cathedral for her wedding

SHE lives in Kensington… so how come the Queen’s cousin Lady Tatiana Mountbatten has managed to bag Winchester Cathedral for her nuptials in July? I can reveal that the socialite and equestrian has pulled some strings to land the prestigious venue – where ‘Bloody’ Mary Tudor wed more than 450 years ago – using the fact that her mother lives in the diocese to secure one of the cathedral’s 900-year-old chapels.

It does mean Tatiana, 31, has to attend services there and as my exclusive snap below shows, she went last week, turning out with a bunch of daffodils along with her brother Henry Mountbatten, Earl of Medina, and their mother Clare Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, for the cathedral’s Mothering Sunday service.

Tatiana is engaged to entrepreneur Alick Dru, pictured with her, left, who proposed on top of a mountain in Verbier, Switzerland. She tells me that despite the grand venue, it’ll be a small family affair. Among those expected to attend are

Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice.