[Publius]

That’s Edward II, not Richard III.

[lentulusgracchus]

You're right, thank you for the correction. Richard was the man who needed a horse.

In checking, I discovered there is now a Piers Gaveston Society at Oxford -- a secret society, of course, described by Wiki thusly:

Its members have a reputation for indulging in bizarre entertainments and sexual excess. Traditionally, the society organises secret bacchanalian parties for hundreds of friends, who are whisked away to secret locations (usually grand country mansions) to enjoy a night of Bollinger champagne, beluga caviar, multitudinous illegal drugs, and public copulation.

The rot has run deep in English upper-crusty society for quite some time; it's where the OGPU found their most damaging English spies back in the 30's.