The real Freddie Mercury: why the Queen biopic only tells part of the story

 

Freddie Mercury performing with Queen at the Rock in Rio festival in 1985DAVE HOGAN/GETTY IMAGES

 

Inside the bijou boozer known locally as the “Blanc Gigi”, the White Horse, Freddie Mercury was holding court.

 

At the only tavern in Montreux he was a regular. We found him hanging towards the back in the company of strangers; half his age, male, trim and tightly belted, they jousted in French and dangled from his every word.

 

I’d met Freddie before. Many times. In the absence of PAs, PRs and gofers, I was not shooed aside. “Ciggie,” he said, as if it were my name. Having only wet vices, I wasn’t armed.

 

My fellow-pressman companion proffered a Marlboro Red. “I prefer Silk Cut,” Freddie said with a frown, snatching one.

 

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It wouldn't surprise me if the left out part would have discussed Freddie and young boys.