Throughout history, it’s likely that other British royals have also had their own same-sex relationships.
The relationship between Queen Anne and her childhood friend, Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, has also been the subject of speculation. 18th-century letters between the two show an intense friendship that could be read as something more. “The question of whether Queen Anne was a lesbian is a very interesting one,” Anne Somerset, author of. “If you read the letters she wrote to Sarah as a young woman they are passionate outpourings of devotion.
While the royals of centuries past had to keep their true selves shrouded in secrecy, the Windsor family of today has stated they will embrace family members who identify as LGBTQ+. “I’d support my child if they were gay,” Prince William told reporters in 2019. But, much as the fictional Prince Henry agonised over it in, societal pressures and cultural beliefs still make such a public proclamation a daunting one, especially for a person who is the figurehead of an entire country.
Hopefully, as attitudes continue to change – polls show that 78 per cent of British people support gay marriage – the sexual identity of
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