After watching the movie, I was very curious about the story of Freddie and Mary, so I searched for relevant information and shared it with interested colleagues. This article is translated based on several extranet news and magazine articles. Because I was anxious to sleep, I ran through it, not very smooth. If you are interested, you can read the original text~
https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a26449346/who-is-mary-austin-freddie-mercury-fiance/
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/22/mary-austin-freddie-mercury/
https://spinditty.com/industry/Mary-Austin-Her-Epic-Romance-with-Freddie-Mercury
Micro-time encounter
Mary Austin was born in 1951 to an ordinary working-class family in Fulham, West End, London. Her father is a wallpaper trimmer, and her mother is a maid. Both parents are deaf and mute, so sign language and lips are used in daily communication in this family (there are also details in the film to reflect this background information).
To help the family make ends meet, Mary dropped out of school and became a receptionist when she was 15 years old. Soon after, she entered the high fashion industry and worked at Biba, a boutique fashion store frequented by superstars such as Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger.
In 1969, Mary Austin and Freddie Mercury (Freddie Mercury) met. In this year, she was 19 years old and he was 24 years old, and their unique intimacy will last a lifetime. Before Mary and Freddie met, she had a short date with the queen guitarist Brian. But before they formally communicated, they parted ways amicably. Because of Brian, Mary got acquainted with a fledgling band he was in at the time-this will become one of the greatest bands in music history: the Queen's Band. At the same time, their lead singer Freddie was fascinated by her.
The 24-year-old Freddie just graduated from the art school at this time and became the lead singer of the Queen. In his spare time, he and Queen drummer Roger Taylor ran a clothing stall at the Kensington Market near Biba, where they sold them. Various clothes and scarves from the old Edwardian era.
The fascination with Mary prompted Freddy to wander in Biba for a long time, expressing his silent love with actions. But six months later, the singer, who seemed enthusiastic and unruly on stage, mustered up the courage to invite Mary to a date.
Love of life
Even then, Freddie exuded a madness and dazzling temperament, despite his shy and introverted life, and this complemented Mary's quiet but all-inclusive demeanor. After a short date, they soon fell in love and started living together in a cramped apartment. The days at this time are still very sweet, they look like newlyweds outsiders. Freddy’s mother, Mrs. Bolsala, recalled her impression of Mary many years later: “She is very cute and often comes to our house for dinner. I hoped they could get married at the time.”
At the same time, the popularity of the Queen's Band has flourished since 1970 and has been given the opportunity to perform overseas. Freddie has also moved around the world with the orchestra. In the past few years, Freddy's stage style is more exaggerated and dazzling than before, and he is also trying out costumes that were later accused of being a transvestite, but because Mary is by his side, no one questioned his sexual orientation. In 1973, he dedicated the song "Love Of my Life" to her.
After dating for four years, Mary welcomed Freddy's marriage proposal. On Christmas Day in 1973, Mary received a gift from Freddy-a big box. Many years later, Mary can clearly recall the scene at the time, "(the box) was another box, and then another box was nested, it was like an interesting game. Finally, I found in the last small box I found a lovely jade ring." Austin said, "I looked at it and was stunned, so this was something I had never expected before. So I asked him,'Which hand should I put it on? Up?' He said,'Left hand, ring finger.' Then he continued,'Will you marry me?' My mind went blank, and I just whispered,'Yes, I will. Yes, I will (Yes , I do)"
A sudden change
The proposal ceremony was impressive. However, as the days passed, there was no end to marriage for a long time. Mary had doubts in her heart, but she never directly asked Freddy, but occasionally reminded the existence of this matter in some other way. Once, she found a beautiful antique wedding dress in a small shop and asked Freddy, "Is it time for me to buy this dress?" But he said "No". Such denial seemed to imply that Freddy had no intention of getting married.
Mary was disappointed by his reaction. She had never thought that such a conversation would appear between them. Things seem to be developing in a complicated direction, and the relationship between the two people has become delicate and tense. In the end, when Freddy confessed her sexual orientation to her, all of Mary's anxiety, doubts and feelings of weirdness had a descriptive source. Although they have been together for seven years, it was not until that day that she finally understood the sexuality of the man in front of her. "It was a bit naive, it took me a while to realize the truth. Then he finally told me he was bisexual and he felt good." Mary recalled. She still remembered her answer to him at the time, "No, Freddie, I don't think you are bi-sexual. I think you are gay." (No, Freddie. I don't think you are a bi-sexual, you are a gay.)
Lifelong Dependence
At this point, the two can only break up, but their relationship is still very close. Mary moved into an apartment near Freddy's residence, which was purchased for her by his music publishing company. Although they are no longer nominal lovers, they have formed a more intimate relationship. Mary became a member of the band team. In the 1980s, she often toured with the Queen as the secretary of the publishing business. Moreover, when Freddy is trapped in drugs, promiscuity and mental loneliness, he can always find strong spiritual support from Mary.
The importance of Mary to Freddy can be learned from an interview in 1985, “All my lovers asked me why I can’t replace Mary, but it’s impossible. My only true friend is Mary. , I don’t want anyone else. To me, she is my legal wife. To me, our relationship is a marriage... We trust each other, and to me, this That's enough. I can't fall in love with anyone else like Mary."
Indeed, Freddy had many lovers after Mary. Among them, the closest to him is Jim Hutton, a barber from Carlow County. They began dating in 1985 and Jim remained by his side until Freddy's death in 1991.
Austin later dated and married the painter Pierce Cameron and gave birth to two sons Richard and Jamie. Freddie was the godfather of Mary's eldest son, and her second child was born shortly after his death.
The undead
In 1987, Freddy was diagnosed with AIDS and told Mary the news as soon as possible. While heartbroken, Mary and Freddy’s boyfriend, assistants, servants and friends devoted themselves to him. Care. After Freddy's death in 1991, according to his will, Mary inherited half of his cash assets (£10 million), his garden house in Kensington, two houses and his future music rights. The other half of his cash assets were left to his parents and sister, while his chef, personal assistant and boyfriend each received £500,000. It is said that his mother approved his decision, claiming that Mary is a family member like her.
Freddy wrote to Mary in his will, "If things had been different, you would have been my wife. You would have been yours anyway." (If things had been different, you would have been my wife, and this would have been yours anyway.)
At the same time, Freddy also asked Mary to dispose of his ashes before he died, hoping to let him be buried in an unknown place. In order to avoid reporters' attention, she quietly went out one day two years after Freddy's death, burying his ashes in an unknown location-this is a secret she still keeps.
Mary today still lives in the Kensington Villa where Freddy lived long ago.
Mary has told the Daily Mail. ""I lost my family, really, when Freddie died, he was everything to me, apart from my sons. He was like no one I had met before."
And the most important and definitive statement of Freddie Mercury speaking about his love life is perhaps this: “I couldn't fall in love with a man the way I could with a girl. Love is the hardest thing to achieve and the one thing in this business that can let you down the most. I have built up an immense bond with Mary. She has gone through just about everything and always been there for me. ”
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