He was Queen’s flamboyant frontman. She was his shy girlfriend, dreaming of marriage until they both realised he preferred men. Thirty-five years after his death, in the week he would have turned 80, Mary Austin talks about their unbreakable bond

Freddie Mercury's best friend, Mary Austin, who almost married the Queen icon, has spoken out about the troubled star, including the moment he told her he had HIV

In her book of his unseen archives and handwritten lyrics alongside memories of his personal and creative life, the singer's one-time fiancée and lifelong friend paints a…