Queen Elizabeth's is expected to wed the first same-sex royal weddg this summer — but he is far om the first gay Brish royal, acrdg to historians.
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5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY
Many gay and bisexual monarchs kept their love liv wh members of the same sex a closely guard secret. * is prince henri gay in reign *
There was speculatn that Kg Henry III was a homosexual.
‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
They have nclud that the ia he was homosexual was promoted by his polil opponents who ed his dislike of war and huntg to pict him weak. There was speculatn that he was a homosexual. Centuri before homosexualy was ma legal between nsentg adults 1967, the ‘love that dare not speak s name’ was viewed as a s England, particularly by the church, and technilly punishable by ath.
It is not surprisg that many gay and bisexual monarchs kept their love liv wh members of the same sex a closely guard secret. Known as ‘Ruf’ due to his ddy plexn and red hair, the third son of William the Conqueror beme Kg of England 1087 and is assumed to have been gay or bisexual. The fourth son of Henry II, he is also believed to have been homosexual spe marryg Berengaria of Navarre.