Ted Heath was gay, claims new book by Premier's friend.

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: February 10, 2006 | Copyright information

SPECULATION AS to the true sexuality of Sir Edward Heath will be revived this autumn with the publication of a book written by a close friend claiming that the late PM was homosexual. In his autobiography, No Make Up: Straight Tales of a Queer Life, gay entrepreneur Jeremy Norman devotes a chapter to Heath, portraying him as an unhappy figure who was bound by the conventions of office.

"Unquestionably, he was a gay man," Norman, who founded West End gay club Heaven, tells me. "My feeling is that he took the cold, calculated decision as a young man to sacrifice his sex life in ...

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