Edward yana da kusanci da rikice-rikice tare da Piers Gaveston, wanda ya shiga gidansa a cikin 1300. Ba a san ainihin yanayin dangantakarsa da Gaveston ba; sun iya zama abokai, masoya ko 'yan'uwa masu rantsuwa. Dangantakar Edward da Gaveston ta yi wahayi zuwa ga wasan kwaikwayo na Christopher Marlowe na 1592 Edward II, tare da sauran wasan kwaikwayo, fina-finai, litattafai da kafofin watsa labaru. Da yawa daga cikin waɗannan sun mai da hankali kan yiwuwar dangantakar jima'i tsakanin maza biyu.
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