This is how Mary Austin, the great love of Freddie Mercury and heiress to his fortune, is today

Freddy Mercury he died on November 24, 1991, he was 45 years old. In his last days, his companions from Queen and the great love of his life remained by his side, Mary Austin.

Farrokh Bulsara, Mercury’s real name, met Marya in the early 1970s at the Biba boutique where she worked. They were a couple for six years, between 1970 and 1976. The singer even proposed to her, although their engagement never materialized, they remained great friends until Mercury’s death.

The relationship ended when he discovered his homosexuality. However, Mary remained one of the most important people in the artist’s inner circle until the day of her death in 1991.

“It took me a while to fall in love with that man, but when it happened, I could never walk away from him. His pain became my pain, his happiness became my happiness,” Austin once mentioned.

Mary turned 72 on March 6 and the networks were flooded with images from the time and a current photo of the singer’s former partner.

Austin became a stalwart companion to Mercury, who always referred to her as his “wife.” The singer left him half of her fortune (estimated at £75m) and her mansion at Garden Lodge (estimated at £25m).

She is also the heir to a percentage of Mercury’s music royalties, a figure that continues to rise considering the successful projects launched on Mercury after his death.

Austin protected and preserved Mercury’s legacy and is the trustee of his estate and copyrights.

Among the songs that Mercury wrote in honor of the affection and love that he professed for him is Love Of My Life, in which the verse stands out: “Love of my life, do not leave me. You have taken my love, all my love. Now you abandon me”.

Regarding her personal life, the woman was very discreet throughout all these years, but it is known that she married Piers Cameron in 1990 and has two children: Jamie and Richard.

After three years of marriage, she divorced the English businessman and continued her life alone. At present, she is keeping busy in some business activities.