Hello my lovely bed tricksters, it's me, K-lister! I am here with your fair do's warning.

What is a fair do's warning, Kate? Well, I will tell you. The fair do's warning is me letting you know

that this is an adult podcast spoken by adults to other adults about adulty things,

and that you have to be an adult as well. We are absolutely veering into naughty,

scandalous, sexy territory this afternoon, and you just might not want to listen to a gay sex

candle of the 18th century. And if that is you, I honestly have no idea what you're doing

listening to this podcast, but this is your chance to get out now while you still can,

because fair do's, you have been warned. And for the rest of you, let's do this.

Lancelot and Guenevere, Cleopatra and Mark Anthony, and Caesar as well, actually,

Eloise and Abelard, and let's not forget Shakespeare's Star Cross lovers and Dirty Den and Angie.

The great love stories, and you know just that a great many of the love stories that have

stood the test of time are actually about forbidden love. We love a forbidden love story, don't we?

But the love story we're talking about today wasn't just forbidden, it wasn't just frowned upon,

it was illegal, because it was illegal for two men to be having a sexual relationship in

Georgian Britain. So when the relationship between aristocrat William Courtney and quote England's

richest commoner William Beckford was discovered, well, it was time to pack up and leave town.

Today, we are betwixt the sheets to hear all about the powder and scandal.

Just to work Courtney and Beckford, what do we know about their relationship,

and what was the impact it had on their society, on their lives, and on LGBTQ history?

What do you look for on a man? Oh, money, of course.

You're supposed to rise when an adult speaks to you.

I make perfect copies of whatever my boss needs. I just turn him to none and push him to life.

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