‘The kg and his hband’: The gay history of Brish royals - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• WAS KG AETHELSTAN GAY REAL LIFE?
• 5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY
• RICHARD THE LNHEART: WAS HE A GAY IN OR JT AN ASTOUNDG POLICIAN
• WAS KG AETHELSTAN GAY REAL LIFE? THE LAST KGDOM HISTORY EXPLAED
• WATCH VIRAL FOOTAGE OF KG VON ADMTG TO BEG GAY TO THE POLICE
• THE TRAGIC BUT TE STORY OF ENGLAND’S GAY KG
• [WATCH] UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF KG VON CLAIMG HE’S GAY TO BE PLACED PRISON PROTECTIVE CTODY
• SEVEN KGS MT DIE: WAS ATHELSTAN REALLY GAY?
• ‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS

WAS KG AETHELSTAN GAY REAL LIFE?

It is revealed that Aethelson (Harry Gilby), Edward’s son, who Uhtred raised, is secretly gay. If you are wonrg whether Aethelstan was gay real life as well, we got you vered.

Was the Historil Aethelstan Gay As Well? Although there is no proof that asserts beyond doubt that Aethelstan of history (Æthelstan) was gay, scholars have speculated on the notn for a long while.

’ In the fal book of the seri, ‘War Lord, ’ Æthelstan is gay. “History rerds that he never married, which is unual a kg bee of the sire to leave an heir, and also that he liked to rate his hair wh goln rglets, and on that small evince I cid he might have been gay; a choice that hasn’t pleased all my rears, but I was happy wh .

5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY

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.

RICHARD THE LNHEART: WAS HE A GAY IN OR JT AN ASTOUNDG POLICIAN

The fourth son of Henry II, he is also believed to have been homosexual spe marryg Berengaria of Navarre. For the past century, Richard the Lnheart has been seen as a gay in leadg the list of Brish LGBTQ+ monarchs alongsi Kg Jam I and Queen Anne of England. Was Richard the Lnheart gay?

WAS KG AETHELSTAN GAY REAL LIFE? THE LAST KGDOM HISTORY EXPLAED

However, there’s a small piece of historil evince that many historians took as clear proof that Richard the Lnheart was gay. Other historians have voted their rearch to monstrate that more than the gay in morny has turned Richard the Lnheart to, he was actually a very astute polician who knew perfectly well the l of polics to keep his power and ambns. Now, let’s be clear, this don’t mean he pretend to be gay to make allianc; actually has to do more wh the nventns of the time.

WATCH VIRAL FOOTAGE OF KG VON ADMTG TO BEG GAY TO THE POLICE

As we talked, the ma evince historians who believe Richard the Lnheart was gay is that extract om Hoven’s chronicl where he stat that Richard and Philip spent some nights together.

THE TRAGIC BUT TE STORY OF ENGLAND’S GAY KG

Now whether he was gay or not, don’t really matter. Beware SPOILERS Last Kgdom season 5How history rmed Æthelstan on The Last Kgdom: Seven Kgs Mt DieThe big twist for Æthelstan’s motive is that we disver fairly early on the movie that he’s gay and havg an affair wh Ingilmundr, a Dane who is pretendg to be an ally orr to manipulate Æthelstan.

Ingilmundr’s nefar motiv asi, this rais the obv qutn of whether Æthelstan was gay real life.

[WATCH] UNSEEN FOOTAGE OF KG VON CLAIMG HE’S GAY TO BE PLACED PRISON PROTECTIVE CTODY

The Last Kgdom has always been great at explorg the motivatns for historil figur, and the cisn to make Æthelstan gay is a perfect example. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a woman.He said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough".He said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'".When Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3,000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance blossomed.Three years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos".He relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife."Danny Beard on Same Sex Love and MarriageDanny explor same-sex weddgs, fdg out why upl chose to get married, the challeng unrpng this cisn and what mak the wedd relatnships work.The uple said they now wanted to help people who were not as ee and strive for "equaly for everyone"."Now I'm here a safe place I want to fight for others to be able to marry who they want," Adam said."I'm so lucky but I want everyone else Sdi to marry the one they love whout facg discrimatn and persecutn." Image source, Fay photographImage ptn, Peter McGrah and David Cabreza say they are "very proud" to have been the first same-sex uple married EnglandMore than 40,000 same-sex marriag took place between 2014 and 2020, acrdg to the Office for Natnal StatisticsPeter McGrah and David Cabreza, origally om Stland and the US, ma history when they beme the first same-sex uple to marry England on 29 March 2014.The trailblazers married jt after midnight at Islgton Town Hall. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage"."It was so sweet seeg him so happy," Mr Cabreza said.

The late rapper’s rerd label released one of his albums dubbed “Grandsos” last week, and this week there’s a viral vio of Kg Von admtg to the police officers that he was gay, and social media is gog nuts. The vio first posted by DJ Akamiks saw Kg Von requtg that police officers put him protective ctody bee he was gay and hence uld be attacked a regular jail cell. The late 26-year-old never admted publicly that he was homosexual or gave any sign that fans would notice, hence the vio shockg fans.

SEVEN KGS MT DIE: WAS ATHELSTAN REALLY GAY?

However, on Tuday, footage went viral of the “Took Her to the O” rapper claimg to be gay so that he uld be moved to PC, durg a stt behd bars.

In our md, Edward II is always the gay kg, so we feel some sort of affectn for him jt on that basis. Was Edward II gay?

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

Marlowe is wily accepted to have been gay. This wasn’t the first time that he’d addrsed gay relatnships his work, but Edward II was the most explicly and sympathetilly gay character that Marlowe had tackled. Many have argued his real purpose for g the exce of beg gay to be moved, however, crics have stated that real Gs don’t fake their sexual orientatn for protectn, pecially behd bars.

The self-loathg gay kg ma Athelstan a piful character at the begng of the film, but has also left many fans wonrg whether the real-life Athelstan was gay.