Siegfried Sassoon English solider, poet and memoirist Siegfried Sassoon was BOTD in 1886. Born in Matfield, Kent, to a wealthy middle class family, he studied history at Cambridge University, where he began writing …

English solider, poet and memoirist Siegfried Sassoon, best known for his searing poetic condemnations of World War One, was BOTD in 1886. After unhappy affairs with #StephenTennant and #IvorNovello, he married a woman, which didn’t end well. #siegfriedsassoon #sadgays #bornonthisday #warpoetry

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother Scottish-born monarch Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, latterly known as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, was BOTD in 1900. Born in London to an Anglo-Scottish aristocratic family, she was raised in her fath…

Scottish-born monarch Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, latterly known as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who befriended fellow queens #StephenTennant, #CecilBeaton and #NoelCoward, was BOTD in 1900. #elizabethboweslyon #queenmother #bornonthisday #gayicon #oldqueens

Stephen Tennant English aristocrat and socialite Stephen Tennant was BOTD in 1906. Born in Wiltshire, he was the youngest son of Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner and the socialite Pamela Wyndham. His mother en…

English aristocrat, notorious homosexual and Bright Young Thing Stephen Tennant, described as “the last professional beauty”, was BOTD in 1906. #stephentennant #bornonthisday #supergays #brightyoungthings

Michael Sheen. A side shot of Miles Maitland smiling in the final scene of Bright Young Things.

Miles Maitland crying, his face bare of makeup.

Miles Maitland without makeup

Summary: It would've been very difficult for Miles to leave his home without wearing makeup and being seen by the world in such a way. Being a professional beauty, he would never. He was forced to be someone he wasn't in order to blend in and escape.

This scene is more heartbreaking than you realize.

Let's break it down.

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