Tasteful Friends: Inside Freddie Mercury's Home

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Lesley Manville could play current day Mary Austin in the film.

He wasn't bi, R2. I'll agree that he was a coward and a bastard for not leaving anything to his last male partner.

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the color scheme is GORGEOUS

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The mirrored dressing room would make Liberace proud.

I like the pink and green clock.

Love it !

R11 at first it struck me as kitsch, but the more I look at it, the more I appreciate the details and imperfections.

I also like the painting behind the bar.

Brian May took to Instagram to express his dismay at the sale. Good for him. She was set up for life by Mercury so she doesn’t need to wonder where her next pound is coming from. Jim Hutton, Mercury’s lover at the time of his death was granted a life-rent in Garden Lodge. There is evidence to suggest Mary put him out after 3 months. She sounds an absolute doll.

R14 Jim Hutton was left a small fortune, and with that he built a home in his native Ireland, where he died in 2010. Freddie's closest circle, including long-time assistant Phoebe (also well taken care of) knew that Mary would inherit the house. She then gave everyone a good three months to find a new place. They all kept receiving their normal wages for another three months after Mercury's death.

Source: The book "Mercury and Me" by Jim Hutton.

PS: The 500.000 GBP Jim Hutton inherited, tax free, would amount to roughly 1.3M GBP, or 1.5M USD today.

Despite all this nonsense that article was an insightful and intimate look in the life of Freddie Mercury. I think I learned more about him there than all other media combined

Well worth a read

r15 and r16 = Mary. You go girl! I think you sound a treasure.

I cannot handle facts, even if they are presented to me with source and everything.

Also, I vote extreme right.

He had nice taste and a discerning eye.

Oh honey r19 you sound triggered. It’s refreshing to see Mary’s dear friends like you defending her to the hilt. Just ignore that naysayer Brian May. I mean, what does he know.

Someone post more pics. Only a few will load on my phone

I also cannot see the pictures. I don't know why it's a crime that Freddie "started" with women in an attempt to appease the society he grew up in and his family. Many gay people did start with hetero partners, or still do. Not everyone gets a gold star.

Is she going to rattle around in the empty house now? Why stay if all the contents are gone?

Maybe she’ll move into a smaller flat with her chair.

Try this link for more pics:

R25 Thank you, that worked.

R24 she‘s being coy about it, but she‘ll probably sell it.