“James openly doted on Villiers and in 1617, he toasted him before the court, explaining that 'I love the Duke of Buckingham more than any other man'. The King justified this through his faith, stating that 'Christ had his John and I have my George'.”

I love the actual fact that King James was super gay, and in fact went to bat with the church leaders to get to keep living his best gay life. He promoted his bf to the highest position a non-royal could hold and moved him in to his living quarters, iirc

Such a beautiful deck! Cool to see it in use, I don’t feel like it’s super common

Off topic, but I used to have this deck and I love it so much!

Thanks so much. It’s a horrible time. Wishing you peace and comfort, whatever you’re drowning in 🩷