As London marked Pride this past weekend, Britain’s Royal Family offered their own unique show of support to the LGBTQ+ community with a surprising musical tribute.
The official Royal Family accounts on various social media platforms shared a video of the Royal Corps of Army Music performing a powerful rendition of queer pop star Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club.
The clip on Instagram was captioned “Happy Pride!” along with a rainbow, disco ball and sparkling stars emojis, drawing widespread attention. The post on Twitter was simply captioned #Pride2025
Pink Pony Club has become something of a queer anthem, celebrating freedom, self-expression and youthful rebellion. The song tells the story of a small-town girl who escapes to Los Angeles in search of acceptance, eventually discovering the fictional Pink Pony Club, “where boys and girls can all be queens every single day.”
The response to the post was generally positive, with more than 75,000 likes. “Love this so much ♥️🏳️🌈. Thank you your Majesties. True leaders 🫶. Just one of many reasons I love our King and Royal Family,” said one royal fan.
🌈🪩✨ #Pride2025 pic.twitter.com/KvegiTZoHM
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) July 5, 2025
Queer Visibility Within the Royal Circle
While none of the senior royals are openly LGBTQ+, one extended member of the Royal Family has come out. Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a second cousin of King Charles, publicly revealed he was gay in 2016 after divorcing his wife, Lady Penny Mountbatten, with whom he shares three daughters.
In 2018, he married his husband, James Coyle, in a historic ceremony that saw his ex-wife walk him down the aisle in a show of support.
Mountbatten made his reality TV debut in a recent season of The Traitors US, emerging as one of the winners.
London Pride Draws Massive Crowds
Meanwhile, the English capital hosted its annual Pride in London parade on Saturday, 5 July – the largest event of its kind in the UK.
Led by London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the procession featured over 30,000 participants representing more than 500 organisations.
Hundreds of thousands of spectators lined the streets to celebrate, while multiple stages across the city hosted speakers and performers throughout the day.
Here in London, you are free to be whoever you want to be, and love whoever you want to love.
Incredible atmosphere here at #PrideInLondon – with over one million expected to come together and show solidarity with London’s LGBT+ community today.#PrideMatters #Pride pic.twitter.com/brWFmjN2lT
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) July 7, 2018
