J wrote:
When William is photographed on a sordid gay retreat on a secret sun-soaked isle. As a staunch republican I avoid anything to do with the Windsors but from what I have been unable to avoid I discern absolutely bugger all rapport between him and his wife. The press enthuse about them but I see her looking jolly pleased at being made for life and him looking glad to have pulled off the deception. Gay as a window box.
I still remember the stunned shock in my workplace when George Michael announced he was gay. He'd only written various songs strongly hinting at it and made less and less efforts to hid it for years. There were still about 500 women in my office coming to terms with the fact that this meant they weren't going to marry him after all though.
My mum shares this sort of Blind spot.
She was among the hordes who were shocked when Rock Hudson was outed.
A recent discussion regarding Eurovision led to
"But Graham Norton's not really like that, it's all an act like that Mister Humphries".
And also
"Eurovision can't be gay, they had Cliff Richard in it".
Apologies, I've digressed awfully, something about royal wedding - shoes, hats.