A to Z Challenge – E is for …

Edward II

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Of all the British monarchs – and there have been a LOT – Edward II is the best known to the LGBTTQ community.

Edward and his Piers having a laugh, painted in 1872 by Marcus Stone.

Edward’s devotion to his favourites was a major factor in causing political unrest during the early part of the 14th century and his “excessive,immoderate,beyond measure and reason” obsession with Gascon knight Piers Gaveston was notorious. Whether th...