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<\/p>\nFREDDIE Mercury's legacy long lives on after his untimely death aged just 45.<\/p>\n
During his life, his lovelife was a hot topic of conversation – but was he ever married with kids?<\/p>\n
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Freddie Mercury was never married, although he came close.<\/p>\n
However, one relationship was like \u201ca marriage\u201d to him, so he said.<\/p>\n
Mary Austin was the main love in Freddie\u2019s life and the closest he ever got to marrying.<\/p>\n
The pair dated for six years until 1976 and she remained his closest friend for the following 15 years until his death in 1991.<\/p>\n
They met in the early 1970s and began dating, during which time Mary lived in West Kensington with Freddie.<\/p>\n He dedicated the song Love Of My Life to her and proposed in 1973, around the time Queen released their debut album.<\/p>\n But just a few years into their relationship, Freddie started an affair with a man.<\/p>\n In December 1976, he told Mary of his sexuality, after her suspicions grew.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n When he confessed\u00a0that he was \u201cbisexual\u201d in 1976, she replied, \u2018No Freddie, I don\u2019t think you are bisexual. I think you are gay\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n After that, Mary moved into a nearby flat\u00a0and the couple remained incredibly close with her working for his management company.<\/p>\n In an interview in 1985, he said of Mary: \u201cAll my lovers asked me why they couldn\u2019t replace Mary, but it\u2019s simply impossible.<\/p>\n \u201cThe only friend I\u2019ve got is Mary, and I don\u2019t want anybody else. To me, she was my common-law wife.<\/p>\n \u201cTo me, it was a marriage. We believe in each other, that\u2019s enough for me.\u201d<\/p>\n After his death, it was revealed Freddie had left Mary half of his \u00a375million estate, including the cherished \u00a325million Georgian mansion in Kensington.<\/p>\n In 2023, in a move that has surprised Queen fans across the world, Mary announced she was auctioning 1,500 of the star's belongings\u00a0including costumes, instruments and the singer's hand-written song lyrics.<\/p>\n In an exclusive interview with the BBC Mary explained her decision.<\/p>\n "The time has come for me to take the difficult decision to close this very special chapter in my life," she said .<\/p>\n "I need to put my affairs in order," she explained, adding, "I decided that it wouldn't be appropriate for me to keep things back."<\/p>\n "If I was going to sell, I had to be brave and sell the lot."<\/p>\n Freddie is not believed to have fathered any children, but he was godfather to two children.<\/p>\n He was godfather to best pal Mary's eldest child, Austin.<\/p>\n Freddie also had another as well as to the son of frequent collaborator and record producer Reinhold Mack.<\/p>\n Freddie was in a relationship with Jim Hutton right until his death.<\/p>\n Jim was working as a hairdresser when he first met\u00a0Freddie at a London gay club called Heaven in 1985, he once told\u00a0The Times.<\/p>\n The\u00a0pair bumped into each other again 18 months later in a different club, and this time started a relationship. <\/p>\n Although they were never married (as gay marriage was illegal at the time), they were essentially a married couple. <\/p>\n They both wore a wedding ring to show how committed they were to each another.<\/p>\n When Freddie was diagnosed with Aids in 1987, he reportedly told Jim he understood if he no longer wanted to be together. <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/members-brian-roger-taylor-freddie-555539482.jpg\")
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