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

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The Queen’s beme the first member of the Brish royal fay to e out as gay after revealg he is datg Jam Coyle. Openly homosexual, Kg Louis XIV’s younger brother also enjoyed drsg women’s cloth.

PHOTOGRAPHS REVEAL EVERYDAY LIFE OF GAY UPL THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Gay and bisexual royals are mon throughout history and rema the subject of historil study. Here are some you need to know about. * gay aristocrats *

It is known om his diary, private letters, and other survivg personal documents, that he had strong homosexual sir. This is the only se Roman history where a named dividual male is stated as homosexual.

THE GAY AND BISEXUAL ROYALS THAT YOU AREN’T TGHT ABOUT SCHOOL

It was the trial that had everythg: aristocrats, airmen, entrapment and immuny. But one gay man the dock refed to go quietly. Adam Mars-Jon on how the urage of Peter Wilblood paved the way to a more tolerant Bra * gay aristocrats *

Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil is an openly gay Indian prce who ns The Lakshya Tst. However, there is very ltle proof to substantiate the claims, wh Kg Henry crimalisg gay sex the Buggery Act of 1533.

Lord Bechamp, Walmer Castle and Homosexualy 20th-Century England. Durg the 1920s Walmer was home to William Lygon, 7th Earl of Bechamp, who held lavish homosexual parti at the stle.

Wtmster’s jealoy of his brother--law led to him nouncg Bechamp as a homosexual.

THE WILBLOOD SNDAL: THE TRIAL THAT ROCKED 1950S BRA – AND CHANGED GAY RIGHTS

In the 17th century, aristocrats, mon boys, and pirat all accepted homosexual acts. Gay pirat were not an unual phenomenon. * gay aristocrats *

In 1931 Wtmster publicly nounced Bechamp as a homosexual to Gee V, who reportedly rpond, ‘Why, I thought people like that always shot themselv’.

Lettice petned for a divorce upon beg told of her hband’s homosexual activy. Bechamp’s children all refed to ttify agast their father when he was acced of homosexualy.

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

GAY PIRAT AND GAY ARISTOCRATS

Portras of pri: Touchg photographs reveal everyday life of gay upl the early 20th Century - before the closet door opened French screenwrer Sébastien Lifshz spent 20 years llectg photos om flea markets and garage salThey proudly portray alternative sexualy the U.

And Europe at a time when many had to hi their te feelgs'The need to keep a memory of their love was stronger than the disapproval of neighbourhood photo lab', he said Published: 12:46 BST, 29 June 2014 | Updated: 14:47 BST, 30 June 2014 Advertisement It seems ordary enough - a photo album of upl exchangg everyday affectn their garns, their kchens, bed and the what mak the imag so touchg is that the upl were almost certaly gay, at a time when to be so was illegal many parts of the wtern screenwrer Sébastien Lifshz took more than 20 years to amass his llectn om flea markets and garage sal, where he beme fascated wh the reee happs of people who were often outsts society. Careee: French screenwrer Sébastien Lifshz spent more than 20 years llectg hundreds of photos om flea markets and garage sal which portrayed gay upl their everyday liv - at a time when what they did behd closed doors was illegal.

HOW LGBT EQUALY ARRIVED FOR BRISH ARISTOCRATSEQUALITYA FUTURE GAY WIDOW OF ONE OF ENGLAND’S MOST STATELY PIL WILL HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS THEIR HETEROSEXUAL PEERS, FOLLOWG A LANDMARK URT LG. BUT DAVID FURNISH WILL NEVER GET A TLE FOR MARRYG SIR ELTON.TOM SYKROYALIST CORRPONNTUPDATED APR. 13, 2017 3:26PM EDT / PUBLISHED JUL. 21, 2016 1:00AM EDT PL BROWN/ALAMY THE AGE OF EQUAL LGBT RIGHTS IS DAWNG—FALLY—ON THE VAST HERED FORTUN OF THE BRISH ARISTOCRACY, FOLLOWG A LANDMARK LG THAT SAME-SEX SPO WILL HAVE THE SAME HERANCE RIGHTS AS THEIR NVENTNALLY-MARRIED PEERS AT ONE OF THE U.K.’S MOST FAMO UNTRY TAT.THE PEMBERTON FAY, GUARDIANS OF THE 3,000-ACRE TATE OF TMPGTON HALL, NEAR CAMBRIDGE, ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST ARISTOCRATIC BRISH FAY TO HAVE CHANGED THE HERANCE L OF A FAY TST (WHICH NOMALLY NTROLS THE TATE) TO SPECIFILLY ALLOW WIDOWED SAME-SEX HBANDS AND WIV TO HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS OTHER WIDOWED PARTNERS.ACRDG TO A REPORT THE TIM, THE JUDGE LG ON THE MATTER MA CLEAR THAT THE ‘VARIATN’ OF THE TST WAS NOT BEG PROMPTED BY ANY SPECIFIC AWARENS THAT ANY OF THE PEMBERTON’S CHILDREN—WHO ARE AGED 14, 12 AND 10—HAVE INTIFIED AS GAY.THE FAY SAID URT THIS WEEK, THROUGH THEIR LAWYERS, THAT THEY BELIEVED THEY OWED “A MORAL OBLIGATN” TO FUTURE GENERATNS TO MAKE THE CHANGE AND HAVE REFED TO MENT FURTHER ON THE MATTER. THE FAY HAVE OWNED TMPGTON HALL, NEAR CAMBRIDGE, SCE 1715, WHEN THEY REPUTEDLY BOUGHT FOR A THOAND GOLD GUEAS.DPE THEIR STORIED HISTORY, THE PEMBERTONS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR FORWARD-THKG NATURE—SCE RICHARD PEMBERTON, 46, TOOK OVER THE TATE 2007, HE HAS CREATED A 28-ACRE SOLAR FARM, ACRDG TO A REPORT THE TIM.NOW THEY HAVE BEE THE FIRST KNOWN ARISTOCRATIC FAY THE U.K. TO FORMALIZE LGBT RIGHTS FOR THEIR HEIRS AND THEIR POSSIBLE PARTNERS.THE PRCIPAL RULT OF THE CHANG MA BY THE PEMBERTONS IS LIKELY TO BE THAT A WIDOWED GAY PARTNER WILL RETA PROPERTY RIGHTS OVER THE TATE UNTIL THEIR ATH, OR AFTER THEY VOLUNTARILY HAND OVER THE RES TO THE NEXT GENERATN.THEY WILL EFFECTIVELY HAVE WHAT ARE SOMETIM QUATLY TERMED ‘DOWER RIGHTS’—THE VARY OM FAY TST TO FAY TST, BUT UALLY DOWAGER WIDOWS HAVE THE RIGHT TO EHER STAY ON THE BIG HOE OR (MORE OFTEN) A DOWER HOE ON THE TATE.THE PEMBERTONS MIGHT HAVE BEEN PROMPTED TO ACT BY A NEAR DISASTER 2010 WHEN A MISTAKE MA A LEGAL DOCUMENT—FOUR CCIAL WORDS, “AS REGARDS THE LEASE”, WERE LEFT OUT OF A ED BY MISTAKE—SIGNED TO MIGATE ATH DUTI NEARLY FORCED THEM TO SELL THEIR ANCTRAL HOME.WHILE ULD BE ARGUED THAT THE PEMBERTONS ARE MERELY FORMALIZG THEIR FAY TST WHAT HAS NOW BEE THE TABLISHED LAW THE U.K. (FOLLOWG THE LEGISLATN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS THE U.K., HERANCE L NOW SPECIFILLY APPLY TO SAME-SEX PARTNERS THE SAME WAY AS THEY DO TO ALL OTHER WIDOWED PARTNERS) THE ISSUE OF HOW GAY PARTNERS SHOULD BE TREATED WH THE PEERAGE IS STILL A BONE OF SOME NTENTN.DAVID FURNISH FAMOLY CLAIMED ’S UNFAIR THAT HE WAS NIED A URTY TLE WHEN HE AND SIR ELTON JOHN (WHO WAS KNIGHTED 1998) WED, AS A WOMAN THE SAME SUATN WOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS ‘LADY JOHN’.“I AM FOR 100 PER CENT EQUALY ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERYBODY, ALL WALKS OF LIFE,” FURNISH TOLD SEBASTIAN SHAKPEARE OF THE DAILY MAIL. “THE REALY IS, IF A WOMAN IS MARRIED TO MAN WH A TLE, SHE GETS A TLE.”WHILE FURNISH’S POT IS PLETELY REASONABLE LOGILLY, SHOULD PERHAPS BE POTED OUT THAT THE BRISH HONORS SYSTEM IS NOT LOGIL. AND SUCH UNFAIRNS DO NOT APPLY ONLY TO GAY UPL—A WOMAN WHOUT A TLE WHO MARRI A DE BE A DUCHS, BUT A MAN WHOUT A TLE WHO MARRI A DUCHS STAYS PLA MR.GO FIGURE.FURNISH, AND OTHERS LIKE HIM, WILL BE WAG VA FOR A TLE—SUCH A PROSPECT WAS TEGORILLY LED OUT BY AN EXTENSIVE ‘TIDYG UP EXERCISE’ UNRTAKEN BY THE ERNMENT AHEAD OF THE GAY MARRIAGE LEGISLATN PASSG 2014, WHICH ALSO TOOK THE PREUTN OF ENSURG THAT A MAN NNOT BEE QUEEN, OR PRCS OF WAL, BY MARRYG THE KG OR THE PRCE OF WAL.A LEGAL ORR WAS SERTED TO BRISH LEGISLATN WHICH TEGORILLY LED THAT WHILE THE CHANGE THE LAW GAVE GAY AND HETEROSEXUAL MARAL PARTNERS THE SAME LEGAL STAT, DID NOT APPLY TO THE RIGHTS OF ANYONE “WHO MARRI, OR WHO IS MARRIED TO, THE KG REGNANT” AND LED OUT THE POSSIBILY OF D, EARLS, AND OTHER MALE PEERS WHO MARRY OTHER MEN WOULD SEE THEIR PARTNERS ENNOBLED.OVERALL, THE PEMBERTONS’ MOVE HAS BEEN WARMLY RECEIVED ARISTOCRATIC CIRCL, WHERE, ASTEREOTYPILLY PERHAPS, GAY MAN AND WOMEN HAVE LONG BEEN ACCEPTED AND CLUD MANY UPPER-CLASS FAI.LADY COL CAMPBELL TOLD THE DAILY BEAST: “I THK ’S A VERY NOBLE THG TO DO. IT WILL ALMOST CERTALY ONLY APPLY S OF WIDOWHOOD. TO ENSURE THAT THE WIDOWED PARTNER OF AN HEIR WOULD BE PROTECTED AND N REMA SU IS A VERY FAIR POSN TO TAKE.” TOM SYK

Mr Lifshz said he was fascated by their wealth of love and affectn Ambiguo: Bee he never knew the upl himself, Mr Lifshz uld not be sure if they were gay, bisexual or transgenr, or simply revellg sexual eedom Bee he never knew the upl himself, he uld not be sure if they were gay, bisexual or transgenr, or simply revellg sexual ambiguy and eedom. 'What astonished me was that their middle-class appearance didn’t match the act: the act of producg an image of homosexual love at a time when discretn was the norm, ' he said. Homosexualy remaed illegal Bra until 1967, and was only classified as an illns the U.

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

'Gay upl had plenty of reasons to be discreet the early 1900s.

Homosexualy remaed illegal Bra until 1967, and was only classified as a mental illns the U.

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