Why wasnt Freddie and John there?

What i'm on about is, at Live Aid Brian and Roger was sitting right behide princess Diana and prince Charles of Wales but why wasnt Freddie and John there too?

How did Brian and Roger get to be so close to them? I also have a pic of Roger chatting to Diana :) Freddie liked Diana, so why didnt he sit near her? Was there not enough space or something? Would be great if all of Queen sat behide them :D

John sent roadie (Chris Taylor as I remember) instead of himself. And Jim Beach instead of Freddie.

John was shy, Freddie was busy with Jim. Perhaps.

Jesus man, John shy!! He could of had his chance to chat to them! :)

In Mercury and me.. It states that freddie was at Garden lodge till about 3 hours before they where set to perform.. x

"I was too shy to go and meet Princess Diana. I'm a great fan, and really wanted to meet her. I just got nervous. When it came to it. I thought I'd make a fool of myself and not be able to think of anything interesting to say."

And they've meet a couple of times later - after The Biggles premier and after Prince Charles' Trust Gala Concert.

With Charles (with his nose actually): http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/1181/trust98dm.jpg

With both HRH: http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2387/trust104hy.jpg

With Di: http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/8306/di4ap.jpg