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• GANGSTER TWS RONNIE AND REGGIE KRAY 'HAD SECRET GAY SEX WH EACH OTHER'RONNIE AND REGGIE KRAY HAD A SECRET CTUO RELATNSHIP WH EACH OTHER SO CRIMAL RIVALS WOULD NOT DISVER THEY WERE GAY ACRDG TO THOR JOHN PEARSON WHO TERVIEWED THEM BOTHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYSTEVE MYALLDEPUTY FEATUR EDOR14:30, 31 AUG 2015UPDATED08:11, 1 SEP 2015BOOKMARKKRAY TWSGET DAILY HEADL AND BREAKG NEWS ALERTS FOR FREE BY SIGNG UP TO OUR NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET DAILY HEADL AND BREAKG NEWS ALERTS FOR FREE BY SIGNG UP TO OUR NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• REGGIE KRAY CONFESSES FROM GRAVE: I AM GAY; LETTER TO MAN REVEALS GANGSTER'S DARKT SECRET.
• GAY HISTORY: RONNIE KRAY – “THE QUEEN MOTHER”.
• 'THE KRAY TWS WERE BOTH GAY' CLAIMS FREDDIE FOREMAN, EX-ENFORCER FOR THE FIRM
• EDDIE RICHARDSON: 'RONNIE AND REGGIE KRAY WERE BOTH GAY - AND BOTH BRALS!'
• KRAY FAY EXPRS ANGER OVER FILM PICTG ONE TW AS GAY
• TOM HARDY PLAYG GAY GANGSTER TWS REGGIE AND RONNIE KRAY IN "LEGEND"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYJULY 29, 2014/7:00 AMBY DAN AVERYJULY 29, 2014 / 7:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TOM HARDY PLAYG GAY GANGSTER TWS REGGIE AND RONNIE KRAY IN \"LEGEND\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-07-29T11:00:50.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-07-29T11:00:50.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOM HARDY IS CURRENTLY FILMG LEGEND, A BPIC ABOUT LEGENDARY GANGSTERS RONNIE AND REGGIE KRAY, WHO LE LONDON'S UNRWORLD THE 1950S AND '60S. AND WHILE RONNIE'S HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN REUNTED ON FILM AND PRT, AT LEAST ONE OLD CRONY MATAS BOTH TWS WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: TOM HARDY PLAYG ELTON JOHN IN NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THAT POOR GIRL WAS A TROPHY WIFE, NOTHG MORE," SAYS FOREMAN. "THE FILM APPARENTLY HAS REGGIE LOOKG OUT OF HIS PRISON WDOW AND SAYG ‘I LOVE YOU FRANC.' BUT HE CERTALY DID NOT LOVE HER LIKE A HBAND LOV A WIFE. THEY NEVER HAD SEX."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOREMAN HAS ALSO BEEN ADVISG HARDY ON HIS DUAL ROL:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE TOLD MR HARDY THAT REGGIE OFTEN HAD A ‘QUIZZIL LOOK’ WHILE RONNIE WOULD ‘STARE TO SPACE’.{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PENSNER ADMTED THAT HARDY HAD ‘NAILED THE PART’ AND SAID WAS LIKE BEG WH A KRAY TW THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT CLEAR IF LEGEND, EXPECTED THEATERS NEXT YEAR, WILL AL WH REGGIE'S PURPORTED GAYNS. BUT GIVEN HARDY'S OWN PLEX SEXUALY SEEMS LIKE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: TOM HARDY SHIRTLS: A PHOTO HISTORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: GAY STAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

GANGSTER TWS RONNIE AND REGGIE KRAY 'HAD SECRET GAY SEX WH EACH OTHER'RONNIE AND REGGIE KRAY HAD A SECRET CTUO RELATNSHIP WH EACH OTHER SO CRIMAL RIVALS WOULD NOT DISVER THEY WERE GAY ACRDG TO THOR JOHN PEARSON WHO TERVIEWED THEM BOTHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYSTEVE MYALLDEPUTY FEATUR EDOR14:30, 31 AUG 2015UPDATED08:11, 1 SEP 2015BOOKMARKKRAY TWSGET DAILY HEADL AND BREAKG NEWS ALERTS FOR FREE BY SIGNG UP TO OUR NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET DAILY HEADL AND BREAKG NEWS ALERTS FOR FREE BY SIGNG UP TO OUR NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

9 thgs you never knew about the Krays They were worried that rivals would see their sexualy – Ronnie was a homosexual and Reggie was bisexual - as a sign of weakns so only had sex wh each other orr to keep the secret. John said: “Homosexualy was nothg to be proud of the East End.

REGGIE KRAY CONFESSES FROM GRAVE: I AM GAY; LETTER TO MAN REVEALS GANGSTER'S DARKT SECRET.

It has long been known that Ronnie was a homosexual and Reggie was bisexual but the news they had a sexual relatnship wh each other giv a tellg sight to their close nnectn. John wrote: “All of which nformed, of urse, to a classic pattern; and wh their warm, dulgent mother, their effectual father, and their surroundg st of lovg women, was not surprisg that, wh adolcence, the Tws disvered that they were gay.

However there was a problem for the tws as back the macho world of 1950s East End was seen as a weakns to be gay.

GAY HISTORY: RONNIE KRAY – “THE QUEEN MOTHER”.

grave - his hardman image ncealed that he was GAY. faced blackmail over his homosexualy. SHOWERED his gay lovers wh gifts of expensive jewellery and dgs.

former lovers were threateng to expose his gay lts.

'THE KRAY TWS WERE BOTH GAY' CLAIMS FREDDIE FOREMAN, EX-ENFORCER FOR THE FIRM

Terrified he would be brand a"poof" like his gay tw.

EDDIE RICHARDSON: 'RONNIE AND REGGIE KRAY WERE BOTH GAY - AND BOTH BRALS!'

gay or bisexual. Ronnie Kray, the vlent gangster who led London's East End durg the late Fifti and Sixti, shocked his olr brother Charlie by admtg his homosexualy and goad his tw brother Reg to experimentg wh gay sex, a new bgraphy O'Leary, thor of A Man Among Men and a childhood iend of the Krays, says Ronnie summoned him to Broadmoor Hospal eight weeks before he died.

KRAY FAY EXPRS ANGER OVER FILM PICTG ONE TW AS GAY

'Ron discsed his homosexualy wh only a very few people, but put simply was a part of his nature he disvered, explored and enjoyed, ' O'Leary said. The tws' rceratn tensified media attentn and did nothg to prevent Ronnie's homosexual activy.

'I am certa that Ronnie had lovers si prison, ' O'Leary died of a heart attack Broadmoor, the hospal for the crimally sane, on 17 March 1995, and Reggie, who was released om prison on passnate parole wh jt weeks to live, died om bladr ncer on 1 October last Kray first admted to O'Leary he was gay his mid-teens, after fallg love wh a younger boy lled Willy. 'The members of the tws' gang, known as the Firm, were overwhelmgly tolerant of Kray's homosexualy.

'Even if they objected, Ron jt sed at them and told them they didn't know what they were missg, ' O'Leary 's mother, Vlet, was fortable wh her son's homosexualy, but his father and olr brother, both lled Charlie, were horrified. 'Although Ronnie Kray did have a number of regular sexual partners and strong iendships wh other homosexual men - cludg Lord Boothby, for whom he obtaed youths - O'Leary says he had a particular penchant for dark, clean-cut, boys wh very whe the Sixti, Ronnie fell love wh a young Arab boy on one of his many trips to Tangier North Ai.

TOM HARDY PLAYG GAY GANGSTER TWS REGGIE AND RONNIE KRAY IN "LEGEND"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYJULY 29, 2014/7:00 AMBY DAN AVERYJULY 29, 2014 / 7:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TOM HARDY PLAYG GAY GANGSTER TWS REGGIE AND RONNIE KRAY IN \"LEGEND\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-07-29T11:00:50.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-07-29T11:00:50.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOM HARDY IS CURRENTLY FILMG LEGEND, A BPIC ABOUT LEGENDARY GANGSTERS RONNIE AND REGGIE KRAY, WHO LE LONDON'S UNRWORLD THE 1950S AND '60S. AND WHILE RONNIE'S HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN REUNTED ON FILM AND PRT, AT LEAST ONE OLD CRONY MATAS BOTH TWS WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: TOM HARDY PLAYG ELTON JOHN IN NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THAT POOR GIRL WAS A TROPHY WIFE, NOTHG MORE," SAYS FOREMAN. "THE FILM APPARENTLY HAS REGGIE LOOKG OUT OF HIS PRISON WDOW AND SAYG ‘I LOVE YOU FRANC.' BUT HE CERTALY DID NOT LOVE HER LIKE A HBAND LOV A WIFE. THEY NEVER HAD SEX."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOREMAN HAS ALSO BEEN ADVISG HARDY ON HIS DUAL ROL:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE TOLD MR HARDY THAT REGGIE OFTEN HAD A ‘QUIZZIL LOOK’ WHILE RONNIE WOULD ‘STARE TO SPACE’.{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PENSNER ADMTED THAT HARDY HAD ‘NAILED THE PART’ AND SAID WAS LIKE BEG WH A KRAY TW THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT CLEAR IF LEGEND, EXPECTED THEATERS NEXT YEAR, WILL AL WH REGGIE'S PURPORTED GAYNS. BUT GIVEN HARDY'S OWN PLEX SEXUALY SEEMS LIKE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: TOM HARDY SHIRTLS: A PHOTO HISTORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: GAY STAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

And while Ronnie was known as “The Queen Mother” London’s gay unrworld, they both had alleged bisexual tennci. It is moured that both brothers had gay sex enunters, though Reggie has been labelled more as a bisexual than a gay male.

In a Mirror (UK) article dated 31 Augt, 2015, Deputy Featur Edor, Steve Myall, headled an article claimg that the brothers had had secret gay sex wh each other. “Ronnie and Reggie Kray had a secret ctuo relatnship wh each other (as they were growg up) so crimal rivals would not disver they were gay”, he claimed. The cel and vlent East End pair were terrified of g out (as gay).

It has long been known that Ronnie was a homosexual and Reggie was bisexual but the news they had a sexual relatnship wh each other giv a tellg sight to their close nnectn. John wrote: “All of which nformed, of urse, to a classic pattern; and wh their warm, dulgent mother, their effectual father, and their surroundg st of lovg women, was not surprisg that, wh adolcence, the Tws disvered that they were gay“. Ronnie Kray was a predatory homosexual who terrified young men Soho the 1960s so much that they hid when they knew he was g.