Ladies, Gentleman and EMI2565: This "article" did appear in The Daily Mail! What do you expect and why are you debating it as if it had featured some serious information? I, for one, am not at all sure that the "new" photo featured in this crap-story actually really shows Mary Austin.If so, who cares? To even assume that people owning millions have to "keep themselves presentable and young looking“ is pathetic. by the way, the "article" got one "fact" wrong. The 25 percent share of Freddie's future earnings, that belonged to his parents, didn't fell to Mary Austin when they passed away, but to Freddie's sister (and to her handsome son, hopefully). Financially they're all well off, Mary Austin can look like King King or Baby Doll if she wants to and we are debating the same old bullshit presented to us by the Red Tops over and over again. This can be heaven for everyone, right?
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runner_70 wrote:
She interited the money and the rights to the songs? What should she have done??? She is right about JIm. The book was awful and indiscrete. She is the only one (apart John) who stood loyal to Freddie and did not write a book or shit like that. The biggest golddiggers are Maylor though. Exploiting Freddie and insulting him at the same time. That's where you should be shocked
Why is Jim's book insulting? Or awful? He had the right to tell their story, that was his life too.
Many people believe in fairy tales about Mary and Freddie, like those shown in the movie. If this book doesn't exist would be easier for persons who created stories like this to twisting the facts, so I'm glad that this book exists.
About Brian and Roger, do I agree or disagree with all what they do, it doesn't matter. They are members of the band and they have a part in making Queen's music and it's logical to make money from it.
Thistle wrote:
Yeah, getting ripped in to someone else over how they look in a shit photo is a bit daft. How she looks, how she spends her money etc is nowt to do with any of us. There's fandom and there's voyeurism.
I agree. I'm not even going to click on the link. Daily Fail sucks.
@runner 70
And if they jealous of Mary, did they would make a movie like this?
And if they jealous of Mary, did they would make a movie like this?
That new photo... Ouch!!! One of these things you wish you had actually NOT seen in your life.
Mary did insult Freddie on a documentary once by calling him
"a gay" and to be honest she had lots of men after Freddie so she was hardly that close to him, and probably just a friend nothing more. Freddie found true love with Jim Hutton, and Mary could not handle that one.
"a gay" and to be honest she had lots of men after Freddie so she was hardly that close to him, and probably just a friend nothing more. Freddie found true love with Jim Hutton, and Mary could not handle that one.
I met her in 92,have a photo somewhere,she was lovely,and took time to talk about Freddie,and Garden Lodge!
She’s not a gold digger - a lifelong and very supportive friend of Freddie. She didn’t ask to be left 50% of Freddie’s fortune.
One thing that bothers me about the article is when they say the rest of Queen were bitter about her being left so much. Would they really care? They seem to split most things four ways and are extremely rich themselves - surely they wouldn’t have expected to be left anything by Freddie?
Also it’s not like mary has stopped them doing anything with Freddie’s music etc
One thing that bothers me about the article is when they say the rest of Queen were bitter about her being left so much. Would they really care? They seem to split most things four ways and are extremely rich themselves - surely they wouldn’t have expected to be left anything by Freddie?
Also it’s not like mary has stopped them doing anything with Freddie’s music etc
Invisible Woman wrote:
runner_70 wrote:
She interited the money and the rights to the songs? What should she have done??? She is right about JIm. The book was awful and indiscrete. She is the only one (apart John) who stood loyal to Freddie and did not write a book or shit like that. The biggest golddiggers are Maylor though. Exploiting Freddie and insulting him at the same time. That's where you should be shocked
Why is Jim's book insulting? Or awful? He had the right to tell their story, that was his life too.
Many people believe in fairy tales about Mary and Freddie, like those shown in the movie. If this book doesn't exist would be easier for persons who created stories like this to twisting the facts, so I'm glad that this book exists.
About Brian and Roger, do I agree or disagree with all what they do, it doesn't matter. They are members of the band and they have a part in making Queen's music and it's logical to make money from it.
I do not think if it is appropriate to let strangers know that he peed himself in the pants and other stuff. That was disgusting to write
EMI2565 wrote:
Mary did insult Freddie on a documentary once by calling him
"a gay" and to be honest she had lots of men after Freddie so she was hardly that close to him, and probably just a friend nothing more. Freddie found true love with Jim Hutton, and Mary could not handle that one.
So you know her personally?
Christallstar, please do not believe what the sensationalist press is telling you. A lot of its stories are just made up - partially. No one in Queen is bitter towards Mary Austin because of her inheritance. In fact, she's a trustee of the Mercury Phoenix Trust, alongside Brian, Roger and Jim Beach. They might not hang out with each other casually, but that doesn't indicate that anyone in the Queen organization is bitter towards her. As far as the photo is concerned, I am not at all sure that it really shows Mary Austin. If it does, who cares about how she looks like? She doesn't look awful, just different. Older. And she's entitled to look that way. She's not a celebrity and, to my knowledge, never seeked the limelight. Why would she go out shopping dressed to the nines? If the photo really shows her, she wears a Whole Foods-bag, thus she probably went shopping. By the way, a large Whole Foods-store is located about a 15-20 minute walk distance from Garden Lodge on Kensington High Street. Therefore, it might be her...
That's definitely Mary Austin in the photo. She's entitled to slip out in tracksuit bottoms and go shopping without being photographed, and it looks like she was completely unaware of it being taken. I'm sure she can glam herself up when necessary. Think of all the times Freddie walked around in a tracksuit looking nothing like Freddie Mercury....
In some ways Mary Austin is lucky, she inherited a lot of money and the rights to live in a beautiful house. In other ways, she's had to deal with being hounded by the press, false accusations in the press, and the fall out with the relationship with Jim Hutton (if they fell out, so what, there was animosity there, and not one of them will be fully in the right, but does it need to go in print?), and she's had to stop people writing on her house.
I don't feel sorry for her in the sense that she's well off and can do what she likes with the enormous financial freedom she has, but I do feel sorry that her privacy is not her own.
In some ways Mary Austin is lucky, she inherited a lot of money and the rights to live in a beautiful house. In other ways, she's had to deal with being hounded by the press, false accusations in the press, and the fall out with the relationship with Jim Hutton (if they fell out, so what, there was animosity there, and not one of them will be fully in the right, but does it need to go in print?), and she's had to stop people writing on her house.
I don't feel sorry for her in the sense that she's well off and can do what she likes with the enormous financial freedom she has, but I do feel sorry that her privacy is not her own.
miraclesteinway wrote:
That's definitely Mary Austin in the photo. She's entitled to slip out in tracksuit bottoms and go shopping without being photographed, and it looks like she was completely unaware of it being taken. I'm sure she can glam herself up when necessary. Think of all the times Freddie walked around in a tracksuit looking nothing like Freddie Mercury....
In some ways Mary Austin is lucky, she inherited a lot of money and the rights to live in a beautiful house. In other ways, she's had to deal with being hounded by the press, false accusations in the press, and the fall out with the relationship with Jim Hutton (if they fell out, so what, there was animosity there, and not one of them will be fully in the right, but does it need to go in print?), and she's had to stop people writing on her house.
I don't feel sorry for her in the sense that she's well off and can do what she likes with the enormous financial freedom she has, but I do feel sorry that her privacy is not her own.
spot on
EMI2565 wrote:
Mary did insult Freddie on a documentary once by calling him
"a gay"
How is calling a gay man "gay" an insult? Do you even bother to think about what you're saying?