So where is Mary Austin Now? Here’s everything to know ... After meeting Mercury in 1969, Austin with in a relationship with the artist for about seven years before he came out to her as bisexual.

Mary Austin was born in 1951 in Fulham ... Aged 24, he had just finished art college, and 19-year-old Mary was working in a West London fashion boutique when they fell in love.

Mary Austin might seem worlds apart from Queen's ... Freddie, then 24, had just completed art college and was embarking on his musical journey, while 19-year-old Mary worked in a fashionable ...

Sotheby's The last work of art Mercury bought was this ... And the only one, if we're talking about it, is Mary." Naturally shy and self-effacing, Austin has rarely spoken in public since Mercury ...

For a long time, Austin was the breadwinner of the pair as Mercury’s music career struggled to take off. “She [Mary] was incredibly important,” Peter Freestone, Mercury’s PA of 13 years ...

They are keepers of art and music, valuable guitar collections ... of these women's stories that I could never question Mary Austin's need to free herself of these beautiful yet burdensome ...

Queen icon Brian May engaged in a sweet courtship with Mary Austin before she famously became involved with his bandmate Freddie Mercury. The legendary frontman later bequeathed the majority of ...

After meeting Mercury in 1969, Austin with in a relationship with the artist for about seven years before he came out to her as bisexual. Freddie Mercury and Mary Austin at the Ivor Novello Awards ...

Freddie Mercury’s former fiancée, Mary Austin, remained one of his closest ... Austin with in a relationship with the artist for about seven years before he came out to her as bisexual.