'The kg and his hband': The ltle-known gay history of Brish royals | Natnal Post

Contents:

• ‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
• MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MEMBER OF THE BRISH ROYAL FAY
• 'THE KG AND HIS HBAND': THE LTLE-KNOWN GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• "THE KG AND HIS HBAND": THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
• BRISH ROYAL FAY'S FIRST GAY WEDDG: LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO MARRY JAM COYLE

‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS

William II, lled "Ruf" for his reddish plexn, never married or fathered children, leadg to speculatn that he was gay. There is signifint evince that he was gay, although historians differ on this pot. Richard has been portrayed equently on stage and film; The Ln Wter (1968), which he was played by Anthony Hopks, strongly suggted he was gay, while Sean Connery offered a thoroughly heterosexual pictn Rob Hood: Prce of Thiev (1991) urty Natnal Portra Gallery of London.

MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MEMBER OF THE BRISH ROYAL FAY

Many historians believe Edward II, kg om 1307 to 1327, was gay or bisexual.

'THE KG AND HIS HBAND': THE LTLE-KNOWN GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS

Christopher Marlowe's play Edward II picts the kg as gay, and Derek Jarman ma a stunng and explic film based on the play urty Natnal Portra Gallery of London.

Fundamentalist Christians often pot to the Kg Jam Versn of the Bible as the five edn, but do they stop to thk was missned and overseen by a man who was likely gay or bi? ”The speculatn that Edward II’s relatnships wh the men went beyond iendship was fueled by Christopher Marlowe’s 16th-century play “Edward II”, which is often noted for s homoerotic portrayal of Edward II and VI and I, who reigned over Stland and later England and Ireland until his ath 1625, attracted siar scty for his male favor, a term ed for panns and advisers who had special preference wh monarchs.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Bergeron theoriz his book “Kg Jam and Letters of Homoerotic Dire”: “The scriptn that mov across the letters spell sire. 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.

" 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.

"THE KG AND HIS HBAND": THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS

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. 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.

BRISH ROYAL FAY'S FIRST GAY WEDDG: LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO MARRY JAM COYLE

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. Today, Gohil is fightg to outlaw gay nversn therapy India and fight the stigma agast the LGBTQ muny the untry.

He told a Gujarati daily newspaper about his sexualy 2006, makg him the first openly gay morn monarch the world — but then his fay quickly disowned him.

Style was at the fore of the Prce’s life and he later published two books about fashn and terr sign: The Power Look 1978 and a follow-up, The Power Look at Home: Deratg for Men, Fürstenberg had a well-known fondns for gay nightlife. Queen Elizabeth's 53-year-old , Lord Ivar Mountbatten, has bee the first member of the Brish royal fay to e out as gay—though he wouldn't necsarily ll "g out.