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Mary did stay in the house and raised her family there. She had married painter Piers Cameron in 1990 and they had two sons together, Richard and James.
The couple divorced in 1993 and Mary remarried in 1998 to Nicholas Holford. That relationship also ended in divorce in 2002.
Mary has remained at One Garden Lodge through the years and rare interviews she gave from inside the home showed she had changed very little of Freddie s lavish decorations. She admitted she couldn t go into his bedroom for the first three years she lived there.
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Freddie and Mary split up in 1976, fifteen years before the Queen star died of AIDS . He dated various men before settling down with Jim at his palatial London home, One Garden Lodge in Kensington. Yet, in his will, Freddie left Mary his house and his fortune. What made their love so special? Freddie spoke often of their devotion to each other and heartbreakingly once said: I ll love her until I draw my last breath. We ll probably grow old together.
Freddie Mercury s final Christmas dinner (Image: SG)
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Peter said: It was Freddie’s tradition that any of his friends that had no family and were going to be alone, came to Garden Lodge. It was turkey on Christmas day then a baked ham on Boxing day. Tradition, tradition, tradition…
The house would always be beautifully decorated, mainly by ex-girlfriend Mary Austin with Freddie supervising.
There were fairy lights and garlands hanging everywhere, a huge tree and tables laden with food.
Freddie s driver and friend Gordon Dalziel remembers Christmas crackers from Tiffany stuffed with silver trinkets.
Freddie Mercury and Peter Freestone (Image: PH)