I once had a heated discsn wh my history tutor Carol (who happens to be an alumni of Oxford Universy) about Henry VIII, which I mataed that Henry VIII was probably a closeted gay man. Of urse, she took my theory wh a pch of salt, but also add, "I've thought many thgs about…
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DID MARY, QUEEN OF STS' HBAND HAVE A GAY AFFAIR?
Historian and thor John Guy weighs on whether Mary's hband Henry had an affair wh her gay urtan, as seen Mary Queen of Sts" emprop="scriptn * is henry gay in reign *
There was speculatn that Kg Henry III was a homosexual.
5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY
Many gay and bisexual monarchs kept their love liv wh members of the same sex a closely guard secret. * is henry gay in reign *
Historian and thor John Guy weighs on whether Mary's hband Henry had an affair wh her gay urtan, as seen Mary Queen of Sts. One of the most shockg scen the upg Mary Queen of Sts movie when Mary Stuart, played by Saoirse Ronan, walks on her hband Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley bed wh her gay male urtan, David Rizz, on her weddg night 1565.
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.
The fourth son of Henry II, he is also believed to have been homosexual spe marryg Berengaria of Navarre.