Happy news for Queen as royal family member gets engaged

The Queen has received some happy family news after a tough few months, with her cousin Lady Tatiana Mountbatten confirming her engagement.

• The Queen's distant cousin, Lady Tatiana Mountbatten, and her boyfriend Alick Dru are engaged to be married after a gorgeous, snowy proposal in Verbier.
• Tatiana is the daughter of George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven, who is the Queen's first cousin. 
• This royal news comes after it was revealed that Her Majesty's very specific bedtime routine could be the key to her long life. 

The happy news that Lady Tatiana and entrepreneur Alick are set to tie the knot was confirmed in The Telegraph, with a special announcement sharing the Queen's relative's lovely life update. 

"The engagement is announced between Alick, son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Dru, of Bickham, Somerset, and Tatiana, daughter of the Marquess of Milford Haven and Lady Spencer of Alresford," a passage in the newspaper read. 

Meanwhile, Lady Tatiana, who is 464th in line to the throne, took to social media to share a series of beautiful photographs snapped in the Swiss Alps after Alick popped the question. 

The carousel of social media images show the betrothed couple sitting in fresh mountain snow under a crisp blue sky with huge smiles on their faces. 

Tatiana, who is a keen horse rider and a trainee psychotherapist, captioned the upload with a simple diamond ring emoji. 

Tatiana and Alick's friends rushed to congratulate them in the comment section of the Instagram post, including her half-brother's wife, Cressida Bonas, who famously dated Prince Harry for three years until 2014. 

"Beauties ❤️❤️," the actress and model, who has been likened to Princess Diana, penned. 

The royal engagement is likely a welcomed break from sad news for the Queen, who has recently been struggling with health scares, a sprained back, facing her first Christmas without Prince Philip and having to ditch her traditional Sandringham festive plans once again. 

Swapping her beloved Christmas gathering at Sandringham for a more low-key Christmas at Windsor Castle will no doubt have put a dampener at the end of an already hard year for Her Majesty. 

Having pulled out of various royal duties lately, as a result of illness and Covid risks, it is unknown if the Queen will attend Lady Tatiana and Alick's nuptials when they go ahead.