Felbrigg Hall is the focal point of the National Trust’s Prejudice and Pride campaign Chris Radburn/PAThe National Trust has reversed its decision to ban volunteers who refuse to wear rainbow badges, celebrating gay history, from meeting the public. Wyndham Ketton-Cremer died in 1969, aged 63, two years after homosexuality was decriminalised. The trust commissioned a film narrated by Stephen Fry about his life. When it was released last month, his family expressed distress that his sexuality, which he had kept secret, was revealed so publicly. But the trust denied “outing” him, saying that his sexuality was known to…

Source: The Times August 05, 2017 16:52 UTC