Freddie Mercury and Mary Austin relationship. The story of the only woman that Freddie Mercury loved all his life. Mary after the death of Freddie Mercury

09.11.2018 - 16:58

Recently released the film "Bohemian Rhapsody", dedicated to the life of Freddie Mercury. I love cinema, I love rock music, I love biographies, so I really liked the picture.

I heard and read a lot about Queen back in the distant 80s, when the musician was alive, and it seemed to me that all his life he did nothing but burn through this life. Numerous articles and programs about him painted the image of Freddie this way. And this motion picture showed him completely different - a gentle, lonely, loving person.

And I was very surprised by the story of pure love and tender friendship that connected Freddie Mercury and Mary Austin. After watching the movie, I began to look for information about this love in interviews with Freddie and his friends and share what I found with you. A rare case for a feature film - it turns out that the scriptwriters almost did not deviate from the truth.

Mary Austin and Freddie met in 1970 at the iconic Biba store, where the girl worked. Freddie was 24 at the time and Mary was 19.

As the English journalist Rick Sky wrote in his book "Freddie Mercury": "Biba" was not just a clothing store of the late 60s and early 70s. It was a lifestyle. Young people crowded into this incense-filled, fern-lined shop to pick out pretty, slightly old-fashioned outfits dyed in the most exotic colors. Although most of the goods here were intended for women, men found T-shirts, sweaters and other items of clothing suitable for them. Mercury was one of these men, and Mary Austin was one of the incredibly beautiful girls (burgundy lipstick and matching tights) who worked in this languid environment.

Both of Mary's parents were deaf and dumb, and perhaps this was the reason why she was always very quiet and modest. But, as is often the case, opposites attract a friend, the quiet Mary and the noisy and eccentric Freddie were very comfortable together.

The girl often advised the novice musician what exactly to wear, what stage make-up to apply, and very soon the young people became inseparable. Soon they settled together, surprising everyone around.

Mary said: “He was unlike anyone I had ever met before. He was very confident, and I always lacked confidence. We agreed with him. I liked it, and it all started from there. Freddie didn't have much money, so we did what other young people do. There were no gourmet dinners - it began later, when success came to him. It took me three years to really fall in love with him. But I didn't have that feeling for anyone. I felt protected with him.

The more I got to know him, the more I loved him simply for being him. He had great human qualities - I think that is not often found these days. And what has never changed is love. We knew we could trust each other and rely on each other. We knew we would never intentionally hurt each other."

Mercury himself said in the last years of his life: “I met Mary in 1970, and since then we have had a great relationship. I was close to her like no other. We lived together for seven years, and I still love her. Love is the hardest thing to achieve, and it can disappoint like nothing else. I have a close bond with Mary that has grown stronger over the years. She went through almost everything and was always with me.”

He offered the girl to marry him, she agreed, but then the career of Mercury and the Queen group went uphill, there was more money and other ways of spending time - parties, clubs, many new acquaintances.

And the relationship cracked. Mary recalls: “Even if I didn’t want to fully admit it, I understood that something was happening. And although I didn’t know what exactly, I decided to still talk to Freddie. I said: “Something is happening, and I feel yourself with a lasso around your neck. I think it's time for me to leave."

But he assured me that everything was fine. Then a take-off came in his life - success came to the group. After that, everything changed. Our relationship has cooled. I felt that he was avoiding any confrontation with me. When I got home from work, he was simply not at home. He usually came late. It didn't bode well. We weren't as close as we used to be."

And soon Mercury told Mary that he liked men.

“I will never forget this moment. Since I was a little naive, it took me a while to figure out the truth. He said he was bisexual. But she said, “No, Freddie, I don't think you're bisexual. I think you are gay."

This revelation ended their physical relationship and Mary moved into an apartment next to Freddie's house. Nevertheless, she remained a friend of the musician and part of the group, continuing to advise Mercury and help him in his work. And Mercury dedicated several of his songs to Mary.

(On the video - a song dedicated to Mary Austin).

The girl tried to establish a personal life, but her men could not bear the fact that Freddie was always present in her life, who also became more and more popular over the years.

She talked about the father of her children, designer Piers Cameron: “He always felt in the shadow of Freddie. After all, Freddie unusually broadened my horizons, introduced me to the world of opera, ballet, and painting. I learned a lot from him, he gave a lot for me personally. And to make me want to leave him is simply impossible. Never".

Mary gave birth to two children from Cameron (the youngest was born shortly after Mercury's death). The musician was the godfather of her eldest son, whom he showered with gifts. And in general, he spent a lot of time with Mary, despite the fact that he had long ago become the idol of millions, and his life completely changed.

He said, “All my lovers have asked why they can't replace Mary, but that's just not possible. The only friend I have is Mary, and I don't need another friend. I perceive her as a common-law wife. For me, our relationship was a marriage. We believe in each other. This is enough for me. I couldn't fall in love with a man the way I once fell in love with Mary."

But at the same time, Mercury led a hectic life, which led to the fact that he fell ill with AIDS. And it was Mary who looked after him in the last days, and it was to her that the musician bequeathed to bury his ashes, and in a place that no one should know about.

At his funeral, she said: “I am going through a feeling of great loss and pain. I think a lot of his fans feel the same way. I have always loved Freddie. I'm sure he never stopped loving me."

There is another important point - the one who is loved the most is usually bequeathed their fortune. Mercury left half of his money to his father, mother, sister and several friends, and the other half to Mary Austin, and besides, she inherited the copyright to his songs and his luxurious mansion, in which she now lives. After the death of the musician, she got married, but soon divorced.

And now she lives as a recluse, very rarely gives interviews. In one of them, she said: “I lost my family when Freddie died. He was everything to me - except for my sons "...

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1) The whole family of Mercury was Parsi (followers of Zoroastrianism). Despite the fact that Freddie did not attend church for a long time, his funeral procession was led by a Zoroastrian priest.

3) Freddie's passport stated that his name was Frederic Mercury, but he never allowed himself to be called that. And so that the queen would not call him that during a visit to England, he introduced himself to her simply as "Mercury".

4) He was very fond of cats, he had more than 10 at the same time. He even dedicated an album and wrote a song to his beloved cat, whose name was Delaya (song - Mr. Bad Guy).

Freddie Mercury, from the blog

5) He personally designed the band's logo (the so-called Queen's Crest) thanks to his diploma in art and graphic design from Ealing Art School. The crest was made from the zodiac signs of the band members: two lions for John Deacon and Roger Tyler, cancer for Brian May and two fairies for Freddie himself, personifying his sign of the virgin. There is also a phoenix on the logo, which protects the group from evil forces.

6) He had a very long relationship with Mary Austin in the early 70s. Even after they broke up, he continued to regard her as his closest friend. Once, in an interview in 1985, he admitted that she was his only close friend and he did not want others for himself. He dedicated the song "Love Of My Life" to her and became the godfather of her first son. When Freddie died, he bequeathed to her almost all of his fortune, his house and the licensing rights to all his work.

7) At the request of Mercury, his manager officially announced his illness on the day of Freddie's death. For several years, rumors spread about his illness (due to the thinness that appeared and the "cut down" tour of the group). Freddie himself was then working on his latest album and the legendary cult song "The Show Must Go On", the words of which for the fans explained a lot of what was happening in the life of the lead singer of Queen. And although Freddie had enough strength to record the song in the studio, Mercury could no longer record the video clip, and the group agreed to make a video from cuts of Freddie's life. But rumors are rumors, and a confession of illness on the day of his death morally knocked down a lot of people. Many after his death regretted that he had not told about the disease earlier, because this could help in the treatment and, possibly, save him.

Freddie Mercury was born on the island of Zanzibar, now part of Tanzania. But do they love the great rocker at home? Alas...

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Lead singer of the band Queen of Persian origin. The Shirazi Persians reached Zanzibar back in the 10th century (500 years before Vasco da Gama), founded a trading post here and built the first mosque in the southern hemisphere. However, Freddie is from a Zoroastrian family - in Zanzibar, despite the prevalence of Islam for a thousand years, complete religious tolerance.

However, this tolerance does not extend to all aspects of life. The birthplace of one of the most famous musicians in the world, it would seem, amazing tourist content, but I did not see a single poster / magnet / keychain with the image of Mercury.

“He’s gay,” says my Zanzibar friend Bruce, “no one here likes gays, neither Muslims nor Hindus, nobody ... Everyone knows that Mercury is ours, but if his family stayed in Zanzibar, it would be a shame.”

The future musician left with his parents for England in 1964 during the bloody Zanzibar socialist revolution. (Pictured right is Freddie/Farukh as a child in Zanzibar). After the revolution, the archipelago became part of Tanzania as an autonomy... In the restrained socialist-Islamic society of the archipelago, Freddie Mercury was listened to, admired, but not proud of him...

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So Farukh Bursara. He was a Parsi by nationality and was born in Zanzibar, then his parents sent him to India to a private school.

Really weak physically and weak mentally. The leading svadhisthana, with her energy, turned on the halls and her group, a real soloist, sexy. Family comes first and relationships. There are many rumors about his homosexuality. and even statements. But in reality there was violence at school, the teacher raped and bullying classmates, but this did not break stubborn heterosexuality and even monogamy. He is with Mary Austin, whom he loved the only one all his life and left her an inheritance.

Yin 106\Yang 138

Direct incarnation of yang. A normal man, but to his misfortune he was handsome and weak physically in childhood and mentally too. Tribal work on 5-ke, creativity, but he was also a victim of crime and possibly suppression of the personality (compensation for manipura). Very similar to his biography. A child who was not supposed to be born, 9th prenatal, should have died during prenatal, then during childbirth and after birth. He survived all this and immediately goes the zero period, the family was apparently rich, from high society, they are sent to a private school. But this also gives karma that has come true and opens the way for the realization of talent, which is according to Swadhisthana. Apparently, ideas were gushing out, he seemed to write music and texts and sang, directing clips, etc. right down to the costumes...

When he was 28 years old, in 1974, Brian May becomes infected with hepatitis and they are removed from the opening act for other rock bands. There is a sharp jump and initiation into the Freemasons, they change the producer and record Bohemian Rhapsody. Brian May was fond of Satanism and was in the Masonic Lodge, he attracted Freddie as his slave, he envied Freddie's talent and fame, it can be seen at concerts. that Mercury, who was distinguished by a very expressive manner of singing, constantly runs up to Brian on stage and contacts with him. Here the factors coincided, Fredy was talented, handsome and he was ordained a Freemason, with all the accompanying rites of sodomy, having sold his soul, he raised the group to Olympus ...

It's safe to say that Freddie was inducted into one of these secret Masonic brotherhoods. But, as we know, Satan does not just make you rich and famous, you have to pay for everything, and Satan asks the highest price...

“... Freddie, according to his relatives, admitted that he did not know how he got the AIDS virus, because he was not depraved. Recently, reports have begun to appear on the Internet claiming that he was intentionally infected with a resistant strain, Freddie was sacrificed, if this is so, then it is not difficult to guess by whom ... "

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On November 24, 1991, the heart of one of the greatest artists in history, Freddie Mercury, stopped. The body of the singer was hastily taken out of the house to hide the scandalous details of his death. Contrary to the instructions of Freddie Mercury's executor - Jim Beach. Then three days later followed the funeral ceremony according to the customs of the Zoroastrians, hidden from prying eyes. Only the closest were invited. Freddie was cremated. And the ashes were buried somewhere in Bombay. After the funeral, the Queen musicians, Freddie's real friends, left in an unknown direction. They didn't go to Freddie's house. But there were a lot of journalists, Mary Austin was Freddie's life friend, Peter Freestone was his personal assistant, Jim Hutton was Freddie's last lover. And Joe Vanelli is a former lover and later a chef. Having put on jewelry and causing amazement of those present, they explained that it was Freddie who gave them to them. And they put them on in honor of him. Then there was champagne...

Each of us has heard this name. Everyone knows that he was gay and died of AIDS. Many read the books of Jim Hutton, Peter Freestone, Laura Jackson, Rick Sky (the most deceitful scum of all), many read the memoirs of Freddie's "friends". Many have heard about the book by Mariam Akhundova the story of Freddie Mercury. But few have read this book. Many people didn't like her. Because this book destroys the established myths about the greatest debauchee of the world. And the fact that many people did not like this book speaks of the disease of society ... In her book, Mariam Akhundova exposes a conspiracy against Freddie Mercury. The author analyzed interviews that Freddie never gave. Memories of "friends" in which lies abound. Those same friends who, having selfish interests, gained confidence in Freddie, using the singer's boundless love, betrayed him, and lately, after the death of a genius, they are confused in lies and invent false details of his personal life. The author proves to us that there is a strong powerful organization - the league of minority sex, which controls the show business all over the world and in whose interests it is to dump the world into a pit of sin ...

Mariam is the only one of us who was smart enough to see in Freddie Mercury a real Parsa adherent of a strange - in a good sense of the word religion - Zoroastrianism. Mariam proved to us that in the guise of Mercury there is nothing to do with homosexuality. That the singer's eyeliner is a tradition of the Parsees. And complex dances are not antics of a pervert, but hidden symbols of Zoroastrianism. The author expresses the shocking details of the conspiracy against Freddie. The respectable image of the Mercury family is shattered to smithereens.

Mary Austin - Freddie's girlfriend, in fact, a bitch who needed his house and money. It was Mary's fault that 16 million pounds of the singer's money disappeared after his death - since Mary Austin had the right to manage the money of the terminally ill Freddie. And thanks to the qualities of a talented bitch, Mary Fredy could not start a family. After all, then she would not have received a penny ... “You understand all this to me! TO ME! left Freddie. It is I who should live in his house. Sleep in his bedroom." (in an interview where she explains why the rest of Freddie's friends have to leave the house). Are you wondering why there were no other women in his life? I will answer they were. But those who did not spread blue rumors about Freddie were simply driven away. That is why the German actress Barbara Valentin has remained in history. Barbara, with an expert on the matter, tells what kind of seizures Mercury had. How he beat his head against the wall and the battery in a rage. Of course, all addicts do it. And Barbara, as an experienced drug addict, is well aware of this ...

Jim Hutton is the barber and gardener at Freddie's house. Claims to be Mercury's last lover. With whom they lived for five years. This man wrote a porn novel about life with Freddie with mediocrity, which only a mediocre hairdresser is capable of ... Everything told by Jim is a pure lie, as it does not pass the test. Whenever Jim says that he was with Freddie - he is lying because it is known for certain - recorded - he physically could not be with Freddie at that time. Because he worked in the studio with the band. Well, if he was, then as a servant. Understand, finally, Freddie could not participate in the orgies that are attributed to him. He would have died of a drug overdose! For most of his life, the singer worked hard! Isn't this what you need to do to reach such heights that Mercury reached? By the way, Jim claimed that in 1991 he was tested for HIV. Jim was also diagnosed with AIDS. But then why hasn't he died so far, but is doing well in Ireland without complaining about his health? ..

Peter Freestone. According to many - the author of the best book about F. Mercury. Worked as Freddie's personal assistant. He wrote that Freddie used drugs - what kind of drugs they were, and with what gays he slept. He claimed that Mercury did not get out of gay clubs ... But there is not a single photo where Freddie would have had fun in a gay club and used drugs in handfuls. There are some muddy pictures where Freddie is with different uncles. But for the most part it is clear that this is a primitive photomontage. Many gays for the sake of dubious fame are ready to sign up for him as lovers. Plus influential sponsors who spared no expense in Freddie Mercury's gay propaganda. This kind and generous person who just handed out money to people. All these testimonies - perjury against Freddie do not fit with each other. Mariam makes us understand that there was a conspiracy against the great master, in which his relatives were drawn. That Freddie was deliberately infected with AIDS... It is necessary to convey to every person the truth that the Great Artist was the victim of a terrible conspiracy. And he was subtly and brutally killed ...

Recently, the Russian premiere of the musical biopic "Musical Rhapsody" about the cult band Queen and its famous frontman Freddie Mercury, who once stated that "he had more lovers than Elizabeth Taylor", who had seven husbands alone, took place. In pursuit of thrills, the musician has tried almost everything in his life, and some pages from his biography make even those who are not distinguished by hypocrisy and chastity blush. And yet he had a special connection, a lifelong attachment to Mary Austin.

The name of Freddie Mercury appeared in the journalistic chronicle next to the names of the most famous women of that time. True, with all of them he was connected only by friendship, and sometimes very strange. For example, he somehow brought Princess Diana to a gay club by dressing up as a guy. And model Samantha Fox, they said, did not miss a single one of his parties. The spectacular blonde German actress Barbara Valentine could not resist his charm, with whom they periodically found themselves in the same bed, or rather, the lady without complexes more than once turned out to be the third when Freddie had fun with one of his many lovers. A string of male lovers did not stop him from seducing 17-year-old Carrie Fisher. But all this did not prevent him from maintaining a relationship with his first girlfriend Mary Austin throughout his life.

When they met, Mary was 19. The daughter of a printer's worker was a saleswoman in one of the popular London shops. After they met in 1970, young people lived instead of 6 years. At first they rented a small room, and then moved to a separate apartment, and, according to Mary, if not for Mercury's orientation, they would have tied the knot.

Mary Austin - the woman who became the inspiration for Queen's ballad "Love of my life", 1975.

And even when Austin decided to leave due to the fact that she was simply tired of sharing Freddie with men, they maintained a platonic relationship. The musician bought his girlfriend a luxurious apartment in London, next to his house, so that they could see each other every day. And when Mary gave birth to a son from designer Piers Cameron, Freddie became his godfather.

This friendship continued until the death of Mercury, who said more than once that Mary Austin is his closest friend, life without which is simply impossible. Mary spent hours with Jimi at Freddie's bedside as he died in terrible pain. And it was she who happened to inform her friend's parents about his death. Mercury bequeathed most of his multi-million dollar fortune to his parents, sister and Mary, whom he called the main woman in his life. She still lives today in a luxurious mansion in Kensington, which she inherited.

The universe without me is not the same ... (c)

The beloved woman of the Queen star received his millions, but was severely attacked by jealous rivals, and Mercury's bandmates simply abandoned her.

A few days before his death, when his once flexible body became completely helpless due to AIDS, Freddie Mercury asked the woman he called "the love of his life" for one last favor. She, and only she, must take his ashes after cremation and bury them in a secret place that must forever remain unknown.
For more than two decades, Mary Austin has been fulfilling Mercury's wish by keeping his ashes secret. Even his elderly parents were not informed about him.
Since the death of the 45-year-old Queen frontman in November 1991, there has been a lot of speculation. Were the ashes taken to his native Zanzibar? Or perhaps buried under a cherry tree in the garden of his London mansion?
When a plaque with his real name, Farukh Bulsara, was discovered last month at Kensall Green Cemetery in West London, hope was raised by an army of fans that they had finally found the idol's final resting place.
But Mary, the woman who spent most of her life with the enigmatic showman and inherited his $20 million Edwardian mansion, as well as most of his £9 million personal fortune, replies categorically:
- Freddie is not buried in this cemetery.
Mercury, famous for his immoderate lifestyle and unstoppable power on stage, died of AIDS when this disease was feared and not understood. Mary says that shortly before his death, he was very afraid that his grave would be desecrated:
- He didn't want anyone to try to dig him up like other celebrities did. The fans are completely obsessed. He wanted the place where he was buried to remain a secret, and it will remain.
She kept the urn in Freddie's bedroom for two years, and then staged a complex covert operation, leaving the house alone to fulfill his last request.
To avoid prying eyes, she didn't even take her driver with her.
- I didn't want anyone to suspect what I was going to do. I said that I was going to the beautician. You had to look convincing. It was very difficult to pick up the moment.
Early one morning, I sneaked out of the house with an urn. It was necessary to choose a perfectly normal day so that the servants would not suspect anything - because the servants gossip. They can't help but gossip. But no one will ever know where Freddie is buried because he wanted to.
A few days earlier, Mary had invited Mercury's parents home to read prayers for the dead. But even they were not told where his ashes were now.
It was an emotional and very intense mission for Mary, in and out of Mercury for 20 years. After his death, she was left alone. We sat in the music hall of the huge mansion, still brightly and lavishly decorated in the way Mercury preferred, and behind the wall the fans were relentless on duty. Many of them come there every day to stick notes about eternal love on the wall.
Mary looks out the window, smiling sadly. Then, sitting comfortably on a plush sofa, she looks around the room - a stunning collection of antiques, paintings and furniture from the time of Louis XV.
- Why should I change something? she asks. - It's his taste and style. He is beautiful. Freddie is invisibly present here.
The piano at which Mercury composed many of his greatest hits, including Bohemian Rhapsody, the centerpiece of the room. On it are several photographs in silver frames - Mary and Mercury from the heyday of their romance, laughing merrily. They spent six years together before he confessed to her that he was gay and began to change lovers like gloves. But his love for Mary never faded.
The fact that he left her a large part of the state caused many deep and burning resentment - including Mercury's former Queen comrades. Mary says that he warned that his inheritance could become a heavy burden.
“And he was right,” she adds, and frowns.
After Freddie's death, she felt she couldn't handle anything. She survived several serious illnesses and could hardly cope with the emotions associated with the inheritance.
- I remember I thought: "Oh, Freddie, you left me too much, I will not find so much strength to cope with everything." I felt like I didn't deserve all of this. He warned me that the house would be more difficult than I thought. I am grateful to him, because someone else's envy hit me like a Japanese high-speed train at full speed. Very painful.
The rest of the Queen musicians, in my opinion, have not come to terms with this. I do not understand. For me, it's just a building, nothing special. I try never to be jealous or envious.
Freddie was very generous to them in the last years of his life, and it seems to me that they never realized this generosity. They don't appreciate or understand what Freddie left them. He left the band a quarter of the proceeds from their last four albums - although he was under no obligation to do so. And I don't talk to them at all. After Freddie's death, they left.
Memories of Mercury haunt her everywhere, she admits.
- I hear a song and immediately remember the emotions associated with it. We lived together for over twenty years. Under the same roof. Together - in an emotional sense.
During this time, she experienced everything: the joy when Mercury proposed to her, parting, when he realized he was a homosexual, the torment of the last days of his life. One memory of those days still haunts her. Already completely ill, Mercury was watching videos of his performances.
- He turned to me and sadly said: "And I was so beautiful." I got up and hurried out of the room,” she recalls. - I was very upset. We were not allowed to show strong emotions around him, and it was difficult. And I knew that if I had remained seated, I would have burst into tears. When I returned, I sat next to him again, as if nothing had happened. But he really took me by surprise.
Mary was 19 years old when she met Mercury in the early seventies. She was born into a poor family in Battersea (South London) - her father was a carver in a printing house, and her mother was a servant in a small company - and her childhood was not an easy one. Both father and mother were deaf and communicated exclusively through signs and lip reading.
Mary worked as a saleswoman in the fashion store "Biba" in Kensington and met the 24-year-old Mercury in a clothing store that he ran with Queen drummer Roger Taylor in nearby Kensington Market.
At first, she was wary of Mercury, but at the same time she was interested in this "outlandish artistic musician."
“I have never met such people before,” she recalls. - He was very confident in himself, unlike me. Eventually we started dating. I liked it, in fact, that's how it all started.
The couple first settled in a large living room, then they moved into a modest apartment on Holland Road. They were happy with each other, but did not discuss a joint future.
- Then, when I was already 23, he gave me a big box for Christmas. Inside was a smaller box, then even smaller, and so on. He loved to have so much fun. In the last box, I found a beautiful jade ring.
I saw him and was speechless. I remember thinking, "I don't understand why this is?" I was expecting something completely different. So I asked him, "Which finger should I wear it on?" He replied: "On the ring finger of the left hand." And then he said: "Will you marry me?" I was shocked. I didn't expect this at all. I whispered, "Yes, I will."
But impulsive as always, Mercury quickly changed his mind.
“A little later,” Mary recalls, “I saw a beautiful antique wedding dress in a small shop. Freddie didn't say anything else about the wedding, so I decided to test the waters myself and asked: "Well, is it time for me to buy a dress?" But he answered "No". Marriage ceased to interest him, he did not return to this topic anymore.
I was disappointed, but in fact, I had a premonition that nothing would work out. Relations have become very complicated, the atmosphere around us has changed a lot. I knew something was going to happen, but I couldn't say for sure what it was.
I never questioned him. But it looks like he's already started to question himself. Perhaps he really wanted to get married. But then I thought about whether it would be fair to me.
When Mercury admitted that he was gay, the physical relationship between them ended, but Mary is very grateful to Freddie that he once decided to discuss his changed preferences with her.
“If he wasn’t so decent and didn’t tell me anything, I wouldn’t be here,” she says frankly. - If he began to live a bisexual life without telling me anything, then I would also get AIDS and die.
Mary began to notice that Mercury was returning home later and later, and suggested that he had another woman. She feared that their relationship was about to end. But one day he told her that he wanted to tell her something important - something that would forever change their relationship.
Bowing her head, Mary says quietly:
- I will never forget this moment. I was a little naive, so I did not immediately understand what was going on. He was very happy when he confessed his bisexuality to me. True, I remember that I then answered him: "No, Freddie, you are not bisexual. I think you are gay."
She recalls that Freddie then hugged her and said: no matter what happens, he wants her to remain a part of his life forever. For some time they still continued to live together, albeit rather unusually. When they had dinner parties, Mary sat on one side of Mercury, and his current boyfriend on the other.
In the end, Mary decided to move out of their common apartment, and the Mercury music company bought her a house for 300,000 pounds.
Mary becomes thoughtful.
- The saddest thing is that if he had been more careful, he would still live. Much has changed with modern advances in medicine.
Mary could only watch from afar as her former lover opened a new, unbridled chapter in his life.
- I think Freddie gradually came to the point that he began to consider himself invulnerable. He convinced himself that he was having a great time, and perhaps, in part, he was. But, I'm sure, in part - it was not.
And then it was already too late. The only person who could change anything was Freddie himself. But it seems to me that he has ceased to be honest with himself. Many of his so-called friends hung around him for free tickets, free booze, free drugs, free food, gossip, and, of course, expensive gifts.
Mercury hid exactly what he was sick with, almost until his death. When he said that he was going to bequeath his beautiful house to her, Mary suggested that he simply issue a power of attorney for her.
- He then said: "If everything turned out differently, you would be my wife, so the house would still remain yours."
Mary has two children: Richard, whom Freddie knew, and Jamie, born shortly after his death. Her relationship with their father did not last long. Then Mary met another man and even married him. But the marriage lasted only five years, and they divorced ten years ago.
The real love of her life was and remains Mercury. She never forgot about him.
- Freddie was funny. I only saw him seriously when he was working on songs. The house was silent, but it was full of latent energy.
But Freddie's character always remained the same, whatever the mood. He was always on the move. He was like the volume control on a radio. Very few people can enter the room and you immediately feel warm and welcome. And then they leave, and the warmth leaves with them.
The true nature of Mercury, she believes, is a strange combination of self-doubt and self-confidence.
- I think the turning point was Bohemian Rhapsody. After her, he realized that he should not doubt himself. He was told that radio stations would not play such a long song, but Freddie flatly refused to shorten it.
Fans still gather around the house where their idol once lived; Mary understands their desire to know where is his last resting place. But she is bound by the promise made to him.
“I never betrayed Freddie in my lifetime,” she says. - I will not betray even after death.

Mary Austin is the woman Mercury gave his heart to. It was she who became the muse that inspired the soloist of the Queen group to compose the song Love of My Life.

Mercury and Austin met when they were still very young people - Freddie was 24, and Mary was only 19. Then they could not imagine how far their warm friendly relations would go.

Freddie said: “All my lovers were tormented by the question “what is so special about Mary, because of which no one can replace her?” Replacing Mary is simply not realistic - my only answer to that. This woman is the only one for whom there is a place in my heart, and apart from her, I do not want anyone. For me, she is a common-law spouse and our relationship is regarded by me as a marriage.”

Joint moments life

Austin remained close to the rock soloist throughout his life. She did not leave him even with her last breath. Mercury died in 1991 from bronchial pneumonia that developed in connection with AIDS.

Once, their relationship reached the very mark, after which the rising star offered the girl her hand and heart. After his death, the lead singer of Queen bequeathed to his beloved $ 75 million and a London mansion, which has about 28 rooms. In it, by the way, Mercury spent the last day of his life.

Today, Austin leads a quiet and secluded life, not attending social events, where she used to arrive in the company of a famous companion. For several decades, the couple lived together. Of course, due to the popularity of Queen and frequent trips to cities, lovers often had to part for the duration of the tour.

sudden love

Freddie Mercury is just a beautiful pseudonym. The real name of the lead singer of Queen is Farrukh Bulsara. The musician was born in Zanzibar in 1946. At 14, the young star moved with her family to London.

Austin happened to be born in 1951, in a family of simple and poor hard workers who were completely deaf. The girl's mother was a servant in a small company, and her father was a wallpaper machine operator.

Young people met in 1969. It happened in the London fashion boutique "Biba". It was there that nineteen-year-old Austin worked. Then, Mercury just graduated from the Institute of the Arts and worked part-time at a local Kensington clothing kiosk.

At first, the girl did not consider their relationship something serious and big, but soon the young people began living together in a small apartment, where Mercury developed his potential as a soloist.

“I haven't met anyone like him,” Austin said. “He was always 100% sure of himself, unlike me. We lived and grew up together. And every year I fell in love with him more and more ... "

“It felt like she was being punished,” says the author of Is This Real Life? The untold story of Freddie and the Queen" - Mark Blake. "They were lucky. They got along well and fell in love with each other. After a few months of dating, they lived together, and so on until the very last day of Mercury.”

unexpected sentence...

In 1973, the lovers settled into a spacious apartment on Holland-Road. And after the release of the album of the same name - Freddie invited the girl to marry him.

“Once for Christmas, he gave me a huge box, inside of which there was another smaller one, and inside it - more and more. That kind of stuff was his style,” says Austin. “In the end, I found a jade ring in the smallest box! It was delicious... While I stood in disbelief, he asked: "Will you be my wife?" I was confused and amazed. All I could say was yes, I will…”

Soon, Queen released the albums "Sheer Heart Attack" and "A Night at the Opera", in connection with which, the group's popularity increased dramatically. The last album contained the ballad dedicated to Mary "Love of My Life".

Not only the popularity of the group grew, but also the popularity of Mercury himself. His luxurious mop of hair, sly smile and spectacular outfits, in addition to amazing vocal abilities, gathered a huge audience at concerts.

"Freddie gay, but not bisexual"

Years passed, and after six years of marriage, the marriage between the couple was no longer discussed. Mary was very upset by this fact, and she decided to talk about her experiences with Mercury. “I feel like something is going wrong,” she once said. “I think it's time for me to leave. I think it's over." Mercury grabbed the saddened girl by the hand, insisting that everything was as it was before. The woman recalls that just at the moment of the flood of fame and success, their warm relationship began to cool incredibly quickly.

Every day, the legendary soloist returned home later and later, staying late for unknown reasons. Then, Mary began to suspect him of infidelity with another woman. However, in 1976, the international star - Freddie Mercury, decided to tell his companion the whole truth about his sexual hobbies.

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“I will never forget this,” says Austin. “Given my naivete, it took a long time before I realized the whole essence of the terrible truth. He said, "I'm bisexual." And I replied to him: “No, Freddie, I don’t consider you bisexual. I consider you gay.”

After this revelation, according to Austin, the man felt much better at heart. However, their physical intimacy came to an end. Austin could not get over the shock, and moved into a separate apartment nearby, which was bought for her by the music company Mercury.

Be that as it may, Austin did not abandon her companion. She went with him on concert tours. There are plenty of photos of the former couple backstage. But, they were no longer in a relationship. More precisely, they were, but exceptionally friendly.

“It's a very interesting situation,” says Blake. “They lived side by side for so long, and Austin sincerely believed that someday she would become Mercury's wife. However, he was the most real, in every sense of the word - gay. And after so many moments together, now she has to put up with the fact that her lover slept with other men. But, despite all the shock from the revealed truth, she still remained with him, only now as a friend. But she was still the most valuable person of all those around him.”

Devotion before last breathing

While Mercury tries all the excesses of rock life - drugs and promiscuity, Mary decides to move on with her life. So, first she had a son, Richard, whose godfather, by the way, was Mercury, and a little later - Jamie, who was born shortly after the death of the legendary soloist. Austin's husband was a big businessman Nick Holford, but their marriage fell apart after five years.

In 1987, the rock star was diagnosed with HIV. There was no treatment, as such, and complications associated with AIDS began. Freddie Mercury died on November 24, 1991. Mary was there at the time of his death.

“He asked her not to leave him after he found out about his illness,” says Blake. “Mercury took good care of her after his death. He left her money, houses and a share in the publication. Not all husbands care so much about their wives.”

Austin herself speaks of the death of a companion as the loss of something important and valuable. “I considered him my eternal love,” the woman says. “For me, our relationship was a civil marriage. And when he died, I finally understood it.”

Mary supported Mercury's idea to keep the nature of his illness a mystery. They made this decision shortly before the death of the star. Also, the man asked her to be cremated, and the ashes were collected by her personally and hidden in a place that no one would ever know about. Austin kept her promise. “He wanted to warn himself against crazy fans who dig up the ashes of their idols and then store them at home,” the woman explained. “It’s just our secret with him, just like he wanted.”

Film "Bohemian" Rhapsody" brought Mary Austin solid fee

The woman who was Mercury's only love throughout his life, Mary Austin, received a hefty fee of $51 million for Bohemian Rhapsody. This is explained by the fact that she, as the civil wife of the legendary musician, has the right to half of the income from works related to the name of the rock idol.