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.
Contents:
- BRISH ROYAL FAY'S FIRST GAY WEDDG: LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO MARRY JAM COYLE
- ‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
- MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MEMBER OF THE BRISH ROYAL FAY
- GAY ROYAL WEDDG! QUEEN ELIZABETH'S CO IVAR WILL MARRY PARTNER — AND HIS EX-WIFE WILL GIVE HIM AWAY
BRISH ROYAL FAY'S FIRST GAY WEDDG: LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO MARRY JAM COYLE
Manvendra Sgh Gohil beme the first openly gay prce the world when he me out 2006.
Queen Elizabeth's Lord Ivar Mountbatten me out as gay September 2016. Philippe I, the De of Orléans, was known and often cricized for drsg women's clothg and his homosexualy was monly acknowledged.
‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
" While the terms gay, queer, or even bisexual were rarely directly ed to scribe the royal, his relatnships wh men were well-documented. Philippe later married Prcs Palate Elizabeth Charlotte, who slept separate bedchambers and was generally fivg of what she lled "the Italian vice, " a lloquial term for homosexualy that era.
Shortly after he took the throne followg the abditn of his father Kg Victor Emmanuel III, Umberto was outed the prs as homosexual. Acrdg to World of Wonr, he also told an Italian newspaper that gay clubs like the Flamgo were among his favore plac to spend time and equently partied on Fire Island, a known lotn for the LGBTQ+ muny to e together.
MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MEMBER OF THE BRISH ROYAL FAY
Lord Ivar Mountbatten is the first extend member of the Brish royal fay to e out as gay. Lord Ivar Mountbatten, who is related to both Queen Elizabeth and her late hband Prce Philip, married his partner Jam Coyle 2018 two years after g out publicly as gay. Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil publicly me out an terview to a lol newspaper 2006, beg the first openly gay royal the untry.
He was 41 at the 2018, homosexualy was illegal India unr a lonial era law that mand up to life imprisonment for anyone mtg sexual acts "agast the orr of nature.
GAY ROYAL WEDDG! QUEEN ELIZABETH'S CO IVAR WILL MARRY PARTNER — AND HIS EX-WIFE WILL GIVE HIM AWAY
Today, Gohil is fightg to outlaw gay nversn therapy India and fight the stigma agast the LGBTQ muny the untry. However, his fay name giv him a higher profile Brish aristocratic circl; he is the great-nephew of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the World War II naval manr who led Allied ary forc southeast a reflectn of social change, royal attus to homosexualy have progrsed sce 1960 when Jeremy Fry, Lord Snowdon’s choice of bt man for his weddg to Prcs Margaret, was vetoed after was disvered he had a nvictn for a “mor homosexual offense.
”Harry and Meghan, who wed on May 19, have ma clear their support of gay rights, reportedly tellg gay legat om across Bra’s former empire, the Commonwealth that they would put LGBT issu at the ont of their William last year received the annual Brish LGBT Awards’ Celebry Straight Ally award.