On: Alan Turing's Suicide in Doubt

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Yes, because heterosexuals in such positions never had affairs, or if they did, it was never with the wrong sort of woman.

Whether or not the ruling class was "used to homosexuals," their attitudes towards them were far from universally accepting or enlightened.

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Kings had to resign/abdicate if they fell for the wrong woman ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII_abdication_crisis )