Were both of the krays gay
Ronnie and Reggie Kray 'had secret sex with each other' so no one knew they were gay
Notorious London gangster Ronnie Kray allegedly once revealed in an interview that he and his twin brother Reggie would have sex with each other when they were teenagers
The Kray twins had sex with each other as teenagers so no one else would know they were gay, a biographer claims.
Gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray terrorised east London in the 1950s and 60s with their thuggery and force all the while keeping their homosexuality a secret, John Pearson wrote.
One of his books became second only to the Bible for popularity among locked up criminals, but Ronnie's shocking admission was in another, MyLondon reports.
The creator chose to only publish the twin's shocking allegation once they had both died and his book Notorious: The Immortal Legend of the Kray Twins hit shelves in 2011.
Mr Pearson, who died last year aged 91, interviewed both twins upon the
Notorious gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, better known as Ronnie and Reggie or simply ‘the Krays’, ran a criminal empire in East London throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
The Krays were undoubtedly ruthless criminals, responsible for violence, coercion and a 2-decade-long reign of terror in the city’s underworld. But they were also complex, damaged and at times even charming men.
Managing a number of West End clubs, the Krays rubbed shoulders with celebrities like Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra. As such, they developed a unique allure not afforded many other criminals of their viciousness.
Simultaneously gangsters and socialites, the Krays are remembered as bastions of a forgotten 1960s style, of a risky London that has since disappeared and of a distinctly British criminality.
Here are 10 facts about infamous London gangsters the Kray twins.
1. Reggie was the oldest twin
The Kray twins were born in Hoxton, London, in 1933. Their parents were Charles Kray and Violet Lee, who were London Eastenders of Irish and Romani heritage respectively. Reggie was born 10 minutes before Ronnie, narrowly making him the older twin.
While still very young, both of the twi
Tom Hardy The Krays SHOCK: 'Reggie was also Pansexual and their mum had his wife KILLED'
Tom Hardy gives a trademark towering performance (or performances) and both Kray brothers in Legend.
The gritty thriller biopic is on UK television tonight. It delivers a dark insight into the lives and minds of the brothers but is the hidden truth even more disturbing?
The documentary The Krays Kill Order speaks to friends and associates of the crime family and blows the classified lid on the best-known gangsters in UK history.It features some never-before-heard audio recordings of Reggie Kray and interviews with other notorious Krays contemporaries, including Frankie Fraser, Albert Donoghue, Lenny Hamilton, Billy Frost, Jimmy Tippett Snr., Albert Chapman and Bernard O’Mahoney.
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Tom Hardy as the Kray twins in LegendThe deadly duo would have been killed by their hold gang, The Firm, if they hadn't been arrested, says their former enforcer, Freddie Foreman.
He says: "They took the East Termination to Knightsbridge. But of course they burned the place like they burned everything.
"I thought they should be ironed out, to be honest.
"They was hazardous to everybody. If they hadn't've been a
Gangster twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray 'had secret same-sex attracted sex with EACH OTHER'
Ronnie and Reggie Kray had a secret incestuous partnership with each other so criminal rivals would not discover they were lgbtq+ according to author John Pearson who interviewed them both
14:30, 31 Aug 2015Updated 08:11, 01 Sep 2015
Vicious gangster twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray had an incestuous sexual relationship with each other as they were growing up.
The pair, who ran a brutal and violent criminal empire in London's East Terminate in the 1960s, were terrified of their confidential coming out.
9 things you never knew about the Krays
They were worried that rivals would see their sexuality – Ronnie was a homosexual and Reggie was bisexual - as a sign of weakness so only had sex with each other in order to keep the secret.
Author John Pearson who extensively interviewed the brothers and their associates has made the revelation as a new film comes out on the twins.
My life with the Krays: A first-hand account from one of the closest women to them
John said: “Homosexuality was nothing to be proud of in the East End.
“But as they became more notorious, Ronnie becam
Ronnie Kray
The twins were born in Hoxton and the family moved to Bethnal Grassy in 1938. They both took up boxing. On entity called up for National Service, they immediately went absent without leave, and were held briefly in the Tower of London. They were convicted and sent to a military prison.
On discharge from the army they both took up crime full-time, but also became fashionable nightclub owners, and mixed with celebrities in the 'swinging sixties' era.
In 1964, the Sunday Mirror reported that Scotland Yard was probing a homosexual connection between an unnamed peer (actually the Conservative peer Robert Boothby) and a major underworld figure (Ronnie Kray). Boothby wrote to The Times denying creature gay, and said that he had only met Ronnie three times, and the Sunday Mirror was forced to pay him £40,000 to avoid a libel suit. However letters came to light in 2009 showing that there had indeed been a friendshi