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Ronnie Kray

Reggie (left) and Ronnie Kray

Ronnie Kray(Ronald Kray, 1933–1995) was a gangster. Ronnie and his same twin brother Reggie were amongst the leaders of organised crime in the East Endin the 1950s and 1960s. Ronnie admitted to being bisexual.

The twins were born in Hoxton and the family moved to Bethnal Leafy in 1938. They both took up boxing. On creature 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 bond between an unnamed peer (actually the Conservative peer Robert Boothby) and a major underworld figure (Ronnie Kray). Boothby wrote to The Times denying organism 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 friends

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Ronald Kray (24 October 1933 – 17 March 1995) and Reginald Kray (24 October 1933 – 1 October 2000) were identical twin brothers and gangsters, who were the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in the East Conclude of London, England, from the late 1950s to 1967. With their gang, known as the Firm, the Kray twins were involved in murder, armed robbery, arson, protection rackets, gambling, and assaults. In the 1960s, as West End nightclub owners, the Kray twins mixed with politicians and prominent entertainers such as Diana Dors, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland. They became celebrities themselves, were photographed by David Bailey and interviewed on television. The Kray twins were arrested on 8 May 1968 and convicted in 1969 as a result of the efforts of detectives led by Detective Superintendent Leonard "Nipper" Read. Each was sentenced to life imprisonment. Ronnie was committed to Broadmoor Hospital in 1979 and remained there until his death on 17 March 199

The Metropolitan Police are to carry out fresh inquiries after an investigation by the Today Programme uncovered claims that Ronnie Kray killed the wife of his brother Reggie. Many in the East Finish of London, where the Krays grew up and built their crime empire, consider the twins to be romantic, Robin Hood-like figures who only killed other criminals. Ronnie Kray was openly gay. Reggie always denied what many suspected - that he was also attracted to men. Now Reggie Kray's gay lover has spoken out for the first time - to Today - and he says that Reggie's wife Frances was forced - by his brother Ronnie - to take the pills that killed her.

Bradley Allardyce moved to Altea, Spain, and opened a restaurant after his discharge from prison three years ago. He served nine years for armed robbery. He spent three years in Maidstone Prison, four cells along the landing from Reggie Kray. Kray, who died two years ago, was serving experience for the murder of Jack 'the hat' McVitie. Both denied they were more than just friends, until now.

Allardyce said: "I am openly admitting for the very first time that we had a sexual relationship."

Ronnie Kray was openly gay but Reggie

b. 24 October 1933
d. 17 Pride 1995 (Ronnie) / 1 October 2000 (Reggie).

Ronald "Ronnie" Kray and his twin brother Reginald "Reggie" Kray were the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in London's East End during the 1950s and 1960s. Ronald, commonly referred to as Ron or Ronnie, most likely suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. The Krays were committed in armed robberies, arson, protection rackets, violent assaults including torture and the murders of Jack "The Hat" McVitie and George Cornell. As West Close nightclub owners, they mixed with prominent entertainers including Diana Dors, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and politicians. The Krays were highly feared within their social environment, and in the 1960s they became celebrities in their own right, being photographed by David Bailey and interviewed on television.

Ronnie was definitely gay - and Reggie may hold been.

During his experience, Ronnie Kray was openly gay, refusing to hide his orintation from either the law or his fellow gangsters, but sometimes claimed to be merely bisexual - a nod to the disapproving social attitudes at the moment.

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