""Relationships that were passionate, scandalous and physical, but also deeply emotional""
""We know that James I, who spent lot of time there between 1603 and 1625, gave an entire ground floor of rooms to his lover, the Duke of Buckingham.""
""Their bedrooms were directly connected to each other by a private stairway. In the Great Hall, he often hosted masquerade balls, where one of his earlier boyfriends - a Welsh aristocrat called Lord Philip Herbet - would dance in very revealing costumes as various knights and Greek heroes.""
""there were so many jewels sewn into the mantle that, midway through the dance, he started to buckle under the weight of it in front of the King""
Queer history is often overlooked and deserves equal remembrance to the history of Henry VIII. A historian and ambassador for Historic Royal Palaces highlights LGBTQ+ stories that unfolded in royal residences. Historic Royal Palaces cares for six sites: the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Banqueting House, Kensington Palace, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle and Gardens. Hampton Court holds examples: James I spent long periods there between 1603 and 1625 and gave an entire ground floor of rooms to his lover, the Duke of Buckingham, with bedrooms connected by a private stairway. The King hosted masquerade balls where Lord Philip Herbet danced in revealing costumes; one performance faltered when heavy jewels in a mantle caused him to buckle, prompting the admonition to rehearse in costume.
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