Such historians as Michael Prestwich and Seymour Phillips have argued that the public nature of the English royal court would have made it unlikely that any homosexual affairs would have remained discreet; neither the contemporary Church, Edward's father nor his father-in-law appear to have made any adverse comments about Edward's sexual behaviour.
Historiadores como Michael Prestwich e Seymour Phillips indicaron que a natureza pública da corte real inglesa faría que calquera relación homosexual permanecese en segredo; non semella que nin a Igrexa da época, nin o pai de Eduardo nin o seu sogro fixesen comentario adverso ningún sobre o comportamento sexual de Eduardo II.