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

Contents:

• THE EXILED PRCE, HIS 'SECRET CHILDREN' AND MOURS OF GAY LOVERS
• THE NIGHT THAT EDWARD NONTED WALLIS OVER HER GAY LOVER: AFTER 60 YEARS, SECRET NOT REVEAL TTH ABOUT PLAYBOY PAL
• ‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS

THE EXILED PRCE, HIS 'SECRET CHILDREN' AND MOURS OF GAY LOVERS

"Many of the Wdsors' iends were gay.

However, of the De is said never to have appeared particularly fortable when the pany of gay once told the Amerin novelist and screenwrer Tman Capote, who was openly gay: "The De, however well he pretends not to hate me, he do, though.

THE NIGHT THAT EDWARD NONTED WALLIS OVER HER GAY LOVER: AFTER 60 YEARS, SECRET NOT REVEAL TTH ABOUT PLAYBOY PAL

" Trendg In a 2004 edn of his bgraphy of Wallis, thor Charl Higham revealed that the De's former equerry Sir Dudley Forwood had told him that Edward "Fy" Metlfe, an Indian army officer and close iend of Edward, "was an active homosexual and that he had a physil affair wh the Prce of Wal". "The De was also the honorary print of the Atrian Sports and Shootg Club, which German police fil suggt was a ver for homosexual activi, " not of the De's lovers was supposedly Walter Chrysler Jr, son of the founr of the Chrysler Corporatn.

‘Potty Gloucter [the De’s brother, the De of Gloucter] liked wearg Queen Mary’s cloth, though he wasn’t gay.

The De [of Wdsor] was certaly gay. ’ As their marriage moved to s middle years, Wallis ed her numero lovers, often much younger, to huiate and beltle her hband, acrdg to iendsAs their marriage moved to s middle years, Wallis ed her numero lovers, often much younger, to huiate and beltle her hband, acrdg to of the young men was Jimmy Donahue, a flamboyant heir to the Woolworth fortune and a publicly gay sociale.

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

In a scene that unrm the myth that the marriage was ‘the greatt love affair the world’, the former Edward VIII tearfully told Wallis Simpson, the divorcee for whom he gave up the throne 1936, to break off her relatnship wh a wealthy private notebooks of Anne Seagrim, which she kept secretly durg her service wh the royal uple, offer further evince that after 13 years of marriage, the Duchs had beme bored wh her hband, leadg to an affair wh a young Amerin 19 years her junr, Jimmy Donahue, who until then had been a promiscuo homosexual. Although mours often swirled about the Duchs’s relatnship wh Donahue, his prevly homosexual love-life led observers to believe that there was no sexual attractn between them.

Stay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletterStay ahead of the trend fashn and beyond wh our ee weekly Liftyle Ed newsletter The first same-sex royal weddg has taken place - a historic ocsn for the Ivar Mountbatten, a of Queen Elizabeth II, and his partner Jam Coyle married over the weekend, after announcg June that they would be tyg the pair, who have been a public relatnship sce Lord Mountbatten announced he was gay 2016, reportedly exchanged vows Bridwell Park chapel Devon ont of 60 fay and iends, acrdg to the Daily Mountbatten celebrated the ocsn by sharg photos of the weddg, which he upload to Instagram wh the ptn: “Well we did fally! Until he met Wallis, Jimmy’s romantic pursus were exclively homosexual.