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
- RUBENS PATG OF KG JAM' GAY LOVER UNVERED AFTER 400 YEARSA PORTRA OF GEE VILLIERS, THE FIRST DE OF BUCKGHAM, WAS RECENTLY REDISVERED {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;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2017/2:47 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/GETTY IMAGTO GO WITH AFP STORY BY DOMINIQUE CHABROLA WOMAN LOOKS AT A PORTRA OF GEE VILLIERS, 1ST DE OF BUCKGHAM, BY DUTCH PATER PIERRE PL RUBENS (1577-1640), DISPLAYED THE EXHIBON "MOQUETAIR!" (MKETEERS!) HE ARMY MM THE INVALIS PARIS ON MARCH 27, 2014. THE EXHIBN NNNG OM APRIL 2 TO JULY 14, 2014 PRENTS PIEC PERTAG TO THE ELE FORCE CREATED BY FRENCH KG LOUIS XIII 1622. AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND GUAY (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2017 / 2:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"RUBENS PATG OF KG JAM' GAY LOVER UNVERED AFTER 400 YEARS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-25T18:47:27.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-25T18:47:27.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL, ART","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{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;}A PORTRA BY FAMED PATED PETER PL RUBENS HAS BEEN REDISVERED, PICTG GEE VILLIERS, THE FIRST DE OF BUCKGHAM AND (ALLEGEDLY) KG JAM I’S {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 PATG WAS HOED POLLOK HOE, A NATNAL TST PROPERTY GLASGOW, WHERE WAS LONG BELIEVED TO BE A PY OF A WORK BY THE FLEMISH MASTER THAT HAD BEEN MISSG FOR NEARLY 400 YEARS. BUT BENDOR GROSVENOR OF THE BBC’S BRA’S LOST MASTERPIEC SPECTED THAT ULD BE THE REAL THG AND BEGAN VTIGATG.DEAGOSTI/GETTY IMAGUNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 2003: PORTRA OF GEE VILLIERS (BROOKSBY, LEICTERSHIRE, 1592-PORTSMOUTH, 1628), FIRST DE OF BUCKGHAM. PATG BY PETER PL RUBENS (1577-1640), 1625, OIL ON NVAS, 63X48 CM. FLORENCE, PALAZZO PTI (PTI PALACE) GALLERIA PALATA (PALATE GALLERY) (PHOTO BY DEAGOSTI/GETTY IMAG){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;}“THERE WAS THIS PATG FURTHER UP BY THE FIREPLACE AND... I THOUGHT: ‘MY GOD, THAT LOOKS LIKE A RUBENS,’" GROSVENOR TOLD THE GUARDIAN. "THIS PICTURE JT SEEMED TO SHE OUT.”{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;}GROSVENOR RETURNED OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS TO SPECT THE WORK MORE CLOSELY, BUT EVEN THEN, HE SAYS “IT WASN’T UNTIL WE PEELED ALL BACK THAT WE ULD BE REALLY SURE. IT’S ONE THG FOR AN OPTIMIST LIKE ME TO HAVE A HUNCH, BUT QUE ANOTHER TO PROVE .”{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;}AN EPISO OF THE SERI AIRG THIS WEEK CHRONICL HOW OVERPATG AND CENTURI OF GRIM OBSCURED RUBENS' TRAMARK BSHWORK. AFTER ART RTORER SIMON GILLPIE RETURNED THE PATG TO S ORIGAL SPLENDOR, WAS THENTITED AS A RUBENS BY THE RUBENSHUIS MM {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 IS] RARE ADDN TO RUBENS’S PORTRA OVRE, SHOWG HOW HE APPROACHED THE GENRE," SAID RUBENSHUIS DIRECTOR BEN VAN {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 PORTRA IS ACTUALLY STUDY FOR A LARGER PATG THAT HAS SCE BEEN STROYED. “IT’S JT A SKETCH, BUT THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY, UNFISHED WORK WASN’T AS APPRECIATED AS IS TODAY, SO YOU GET A LOT OF PICTUR WHICH ARE FISHED OFF BY LATER ARTISTS," GROSVENOR EXPLAS. "SO THIS WAS TIDIED UP BY SOMEONE AND, AS A RULT, BEGAN TO LOOK VERY STIFF AND MORE LIKE A PY."{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 DE OF BUCKGHAM’S RELATNSHIP WH JAM I HAS LONG BEEN BATED: THOUGH MARRIED TO ANNE OF DENMARK, JAM WAS KNOWN TO LAVISH ATTENTN ON YOUNG URTIERS, OF WHICH VILLIERS WAS THE LAST. (JAM' NICKNAME FOR VILLIERS WAS "STEENIE," AFTER THE ANGEL-FACED ST. STEPHEN.){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 TWO GHED OVER EACH OTHER LETTERS—JAM LLED VILLIERS HIS "WIFE" AND THE EARL TOLD HIS KG "I WILL LIVE AND DIE A LOVER OF YOU." IN 1617, KG JAM TOLD THE PRIVY COUNCIL 1617, "YOU MAY BE SURE THAT I LOVE THE EARL OF BUCKGHAM MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE—AND MORE THAN YOU WHO ARE HERE ASSEMBLED."{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;}VILLIERS WAS ASSASSATED AT THE AGE OF 35 1628, THREE YEARS AFTER JAM {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 CHANCE TO DISVER A PORTRA OF SUCH A PIVOTAL FIGURE BRISH HISTORY BY ONE OF THE GREATT ARTISTS WHO EVER LIVED HAS BEEN THRILLGLY EXCG," SAYS {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 RTORED RUBENS WILL GO ON DISPLAY AT GLASGOW'S KELVGROVE MM ON {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
- HOW A GAY LOVE AFFAIR SHAPED KG JAM I’S 17TH-CENTURY ROYAL URT
- LET’S EXPLORE THE STORY OF BIBLIL NAMAKE KG JAM I AND HIS LIFELONG GAY LOVER
- LOST RUBENS PORTRA OF ONE OF THE 'MOST FAMO GAY MEN HISTORY' REDISVERED GLASGOW
‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
* duke of buckingham gay *
He ially rose to promence bee the homosexual Jam found him physilly and emotnally appealg, and this remaed the val nsiratn which staed their affair.
Charl, marked ntrast to his father, shared the nventnal homophobic prejudic of his time, disapproved of Jam’s gay dallianc, and at first took an tense dislike to Buckgham.
RUBENS PATG OF KG JAM' GAY LOVER UNVERED AFTER 400 YEARSA PORTRA OF GEE VILLIERS, THE FIRST DE OF BUCKGHAM, WAS RECENTLY REDISVERED {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;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2017/2:47 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/GETTY IMAGTO GO WITH AFP STORY BY DOMINIQUE CHABROLA WOMAN LOOKS AT A PORTRA OF GEE VILLIERS, 1ST DE OF BUCKGHAM, BY DUTCH PATER PIERRE PL RUBENS (1577-1640), DISPLAYED THE EXHIBON "MOQUETAIR!" (MKETEERS!) HE ARMY MM THE INVALIS PARIS ON MARCH 27, 2014. THE EXHIBN NNNG OM APRIL 2 TO JULY 14, 2014 PRENTS PIEC PERTAG TO THE ELE FORCE CREATED BY FRENCH KG LOUIS XIII 1622. AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND GUAY (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2017 / 2:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"RUBENS PATG OF KG JAM' GAY LOVER UNVERED AFTER 400 YEARS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-25T18:47:27.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-25T18:47:27.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL, ART","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{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;}A PORTRA BY FAMED PATED PETER PL RUBENS HAS BEEN REDISVERED, PICTG GEE VILLIERS, THE FIRST DE OF BUCKGHAM AND (ALLEGEDLY) KG JAM I’S {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 PATG WAS HOED POLLOK HOE, A NATNAL TST PROPERTY GLASGOW, WHERE WAS LONG BELIEVED TO BE A PY OF A WORK BY THE FLEMISH MASTER THAT HAD BEEN MISSG FOR NEARLY 400 YEARS. BUT BENDOR GROSVENOR OF THE BBC’S BRA’S LOST MASTERPIEC SPECTED THAT ULD BE THE REAL THG AND BEGAN VTIGATG.DEAGOSTI/GETTY IMAGUNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 2003: PORTRA OF GEE VILLIERS (BROOKSBY, LEICTERSHIRE, 1592-PORTSMOUTH, 1628), FIRST DE OF BUCKGHAM. PATG BY PETER PL RUBENS (1577-1640), 1625, OIL ON NVAS, 63X48 CM. FLORENCE, PALAZZO PTI (PTI PALACE) GALLERIA PALATA (PALATE GALLERY) (PHOTO BY DEAGOSTI/GETTY IMAG){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;}“THERE WAS THIS PATG FURTHER UP BY THE FIREPLACE AND... I THOUGHT: ‘MY GOD, THAT LOOKS LIKE A RUBENS,’" GROSVENOR TOLD THE GUARDIAN. "THIS PICTURE JT SEEMED TO SHE OUT.”{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;}GROSVENOR RETURNED OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS TO SPECT THE WORK MORE CLOSELY, BUT EVEN THEN, HE SAYS “IT WASN’T UNTIL WE PEELED ALL BACK THAT WE ULD BE REALLY SURE. IT’S ONE THG FOR AN OPTIMIST LIKE ME TO HAVE A HUNCH, BUT QUE ANOTHER TO PROVE .”{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;}AN EPISO OF THE SERI AIRG THIS WEEK CHRONICL HOW OVERPATG AND CENTURI OF GRIM OBSCURED RUBENS' TRAMARK BSHWORK. AFTER ART RTORER SIMON GILLPIE RETURNED THE PATG TO S ORIGAL SPLENDOR, WAS THENTITED AS A RUBENS BY THE RUBENSHUIS MM {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 IS] RARE ADDN TO RUBENS’S PORTRA OVRE, SHOWG HOW HE APPROACHED THE GENRE," SAID RUBENSHUIS DIRECTOR BEN VAN {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 PORTRA IS ACTUALLY STUDY FOR A LARGER PATG THAT HAS SCE BEEN STROYED. “IT’S JT A SKETCH, BUT THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY, UNFISHED WORK WASN’T AS APPRECIATED AS IS TODAY, SO YOU GET A LOT OF PICTUR WHICH ARE FISHED OFF BY LATER ARTISTS," GROSVENOR EXPLAS. "SO THIS WAS TIDIED UP BY SOMEONE AND, AS A RULT, BEGAN TO LOOK VERY STIFF AND MORE LIKE A PY."{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 DE OF BUCKGHAM’S RELATNSHIP WH JAM I HAS LONG BEEN BATED: THOUGH MARRIED TO ANNE OF DENMARK, JAM WAS KNOWN TO LAVISH ATTENTN ON YOUNG URTIERS, OF WHICH VILLIERS WAS THE LAST. (JAM' NICKNAME FOR VILLIERS WAS "STEENIE," AFTER THE ANGEL-FACED ST. STEPHEN.){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 TWO GHED OVER EACH OTHER LETTERS—JAM LLED VILLIERS HIS "WIFE" AND THE EARL TOLD HIS KG "I WILL LIVE AND DIE A LOVER OF YOU." IN 1617, KG JAM TOLD THE PRIVY COUNCIL 1617, "YOU MAY BE SURE THAT I LOVE THE EARL OF BUCKGHAM MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE—AND MORE THAN YOU WHO ARE HERE ASSEMBLED."{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;}VILLIERS WAS ASSASSATED AT THE AGE OF 35 1628, THREE YEARS AFTER JAM {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 CHANCE TO DISVER A PORTRA OF SUCH A PIVOTAL FIGURE BRISH HISTORY BY ONE OF THE GREATT ARTISTS WHO EVER LIVED HAS BEEN THRILLGLY EXCG," SAYS {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 RTORED RUBENS WILL GO ON DISPLAY AT GLASGOW'S KELVGROVE MM ON {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
This was no morn-style gay partnership. Bergeron, Kg Jam & Letters of Homoerotic Dire, 177, 182). the History of Homosexualy (2016).
HOW A GAY LOVE AFFAIR SHAPED KG JAM I’S 17TH-CENTURY ROYAL URT
”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.
LET’S EXPLORE THE STORY OF BIBLIL NAMAKE KG JAM I AND HIS LIFELONG GAY LOVER
Bergeron theoriz his book “Kg Jam and Letters of Homoerotic Dire”: “The scriptn that mov across the letters spell sire.
But while the Netherlands, which 2001 beme the first untry to legalize gay marriage, has paved the wave for a queer royal to officially wear the crown, LGBTQ people have long been dog so unofficially. (The term “cut sleeve” remaed a Che phemism for male homosexualy for centuri.
The liph’s sexualy has been the source of some bate: Acrdg to the French medievalist Évariste Lévi-Provençal, the phrase “hubb al-walad, ” found 16th-century historian Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari’s pendium "Nafh at-Tib" reference to Al-Hakam II, translat as a “preference for boys, ” though other scholars mata refers to paternal Medieval Europe scholar Francis Prado-Vilar wrote that knowledge of Al-Hakam’s homosexualy the urt of Córdoba “enuraged the ambns of the factns gathered around his much younger brother, Prce al-Mughira. ”“In his youth his lov seem to have been entirely homosexual, ” queer studi scholar Louis Crompton wrote “Male Love and Islamic Law Arab Spa. Young as “the most proment homosexual figure the early morn perd.
LOST RUBENS PORTRA OF ONE OF THE 'MOST FAMO GAY MEN HISTORY' REDISVERED GLASGOW
)“To the shock of many urtiers, the pair were monstratively affectnate to each other public, spe Jam’ var proclamatns agast homosexualy, ” Daniel Smh wrote “Love Letters of Kgs and Queens. Frerick the Great of Pssia (1712 - 1786)Even his lifetime, this Pssian royal was wily mored to be a homosexual, though that term wouldn’t be ed till nearly 90 years after his years after the kg’s ath, his physician Johann Ge Rter von Zimmermann published a book which he sperately tried to dispel gossip Frerick had a “Grecian taste love.
And rather than let that secret out, Frerick pretend to be gay, “so that he would ntue to appear virile and pable of sexual terurse, albe wh men. But he did ltle to obscure his sexualy: Sanssouci, his palace Potsdam, was filled wh homoerotic art and, across Europe, “l Potsdamists” beme slang for kg allegedly pursued the Veian philosopher Franc Algarotti and even famed French philosopher Voltaire, who lived wh him at Sanssouci, though ’s not certa if eher relatnship was Voltaire’s ath 1778, a mancript of his memoir tailg Frerick’s homosexual tennci tail was stolen and published the Netherlands. ”The archde spent the rt of his life secln at Klsheim Palace near Salzburg, where he died at the age of 76 1919, three years after his brother’s ath and one year after the Atro-Hungarian Empire was dissolved after the end of World War II of Buganda (1868 - 1903)Discsn of Uganda’s treatment of homosexualy ually settl on Print Yoweri Meveni’s “Kill the Gays” bill, but this 19th century kabaka, or kg, of Buganda allegedly had sexual relatnships wh men along wh his 16 1886, Mwanga II orred the btal torture and aths of dozens of urtiers and pag, wh many burned alive.