Irish Sun

I was friends with Reggie Kray in prison – here’s why his reputation as a notorious gangster was a ‘complete myth’

A MAN who was pals with Reggie Kray in prison says the twin's reputation as a notorious gangster was a complete myth. Raphael Rowe, 55, got to know the lag while he was behind bars after being ...
Irish Sun

Inside notorious gangster Reggie Kray’s turbulent prison sentence in HMP Long Lartin where he set his own BED on fire

NOTORIOUS gangster Reggie Kray endured a turbulent prison sentence in HMP Long Lartin, which even saw him set his own bed ablaze. Kray, from Haggerston, East London, spent 30 years behind bars for ...

EXCLUSIVE: ‘I was in Parkhurst with Ronnie and Reggie Kray, the stories I could tell you’

Dubbed ‘The Big Cheese’ for his criminal prowess, Keith Cheeseman sounds proud, rather than remorseful about his gangster past - boasting about meeting everyone from The Krays to football legend ...
BBC

Reggie Kray's handwritten letters to be sold at auction

The letters were written while Kray was serving a life sentence for the 1967 murder of Jack McVitie A collection of letters written by infamous gangster Reggie Kray while in prison will be sold at ...
British GQ

14 amazing facts about the Kray twins

Some officials at his funeral wore a red badge bearing the initals RKF (Reggie Kray Funeral), and a red armband. "They symbolise all the blood and tears that have been spilt over the years," said the ...
The Sun

I’m A Celeb’s Shane Richie had a close bond with Reggie Kray – who burned down the office of a man who owed him £8k

SHANE Richie enjoyed a close friendship with the late Reggie Kray and would regularly visit him in prison, The Sun can reveal. And the legendary-London gangster – who controlled London’s gangland ...
Bournemouth Daily Echo

Items once owned by Kray twins going under the hammer

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Bristol Post

Letters written by Reggie Kray in prison including a picture of him lifting weights to be auctioned

A collection of letters written by Reggie Kray in prison including a picture of him lifting weights are to be auctioned. Kray and twin brother Ronnie carved out an infamous East End crime empire ...
Lancashire Telegraph

Reggie Kray prison letters fail to sell at auction

A collection of letters penned by notorious East End gangster Reggie Kray while in prison have failed to sell at auction. The 215 letters written by Kray between 1988 and 1993 in Maidstone Prison went ...
The Mirror

Gangster twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray 'had secret gay sex with EACH OTHER'

Ronnie and Reggie Kray had a secret incestuous relationship with each other so criminal rivals would not discover they were gay according to author John Pearson who interviewed them both Vicious ...
Los Angeles Times

The Envelope: How the ‘Legend’ team shot Tom Hardy’s Reggie Kray fighting Tom Hardy’s Ronnie Kray

In “Legend,” Tom Hardy turns in a critically lauded performance as both of the infamous Kray twins, gangsters in the early days of Swinging London. Reggie Kray is depicted as suave, intelligent — and ...
Daily Express

Reggie Kray's scrapbook unearths horrifying account of 'first time' gangsters crossed law

Ronald “Ronnie” Kray and Reginald “Reggie” Kray, were the twin brothers behind “The Firm” who brought horror to the streets of London during the Fifties and Sixties. The pair were involved in numerous ...