Queen front man Freddie Mercury once snuck Princess Diana into a gay bar dressed in drag.
PRINCESS Diana dressed as a man and was smuggled into a gay bar by Queen star Freddie Mercury and comic Kenny Everett, it emerged yesterday.
Fun-loving Di was decked out in camp gear like the Village People for the prank.
TV’s busty Cleo Rocos, who went with the People’s Princess, said Di looked like a male model and added: “She loved it.” Indeed, disguised Di was delighted when she was served in the bar without being recognised.
She bought a wine and a beer while wearing a camouflage army jacket, black leather cap and aviator sunglasses.
Pal Rocos — who starred in the Kenny Everett Television Show — said: “When we walked in, we felt she would be discovered at any minute.
“But people just seemed to blank her. She sort of disappeared. She loved it.”
Di, keen to escape her stuffy royal life, was a fan of gay funnyman Everett and had earlier met him and Rocos for lunch in London’s posh Kensington.
They swigged peach and champagne cocktails and swapped gossip before going to Kenny’s penthouse.
He had been due to meet that evening with Queen singer and neighbour Freddie Mercury — but instead he rang him to call him over immediately.
The foursome spent the afternoon downing more champagne in front of TV reruns of US comedy The Golden Girls with the sound turned down.
They improvised the characters’ voices — “but with a much naughtier storyline”.
Giggling Di asked about their plans for the evening.
They said they were going to the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in South London.
Rocos, now 50, recalled: “Kenny said, ‘It’s not for you. It’s full of hairy gay men. Sometimes there are fights outside.’ “We pleaded, ‘What would be the headline if you were caught in a gay bar brawl?’
“But Diana was in full mischief mode. Freddie said, ‘Go on, let the girl have some fun’.”
Di put on what Everett had planned to wear and the four caught a cab.
Rocos says in her new book The Power of Positive Drinking: “She did look like a beautiful young man. She was always a very fit girl, so they might have thought, ‘There’s a nice young man with pert buttocks’.”
They got “through the leather throngs and thongs” to the bar before leaving 20 minutes later.
Next day Di had the clothes returned with a note ending: “We must do it again!”
The night out is thought to have taken place in 1988, when her marriage to Prince Charles was already on the rocks.
I Want To Break Free singer Freddie died of Aids-related pneumonia aged 45 in 1991, and Everett from an Aids-related illness aged 50 in 1995.
Diana died aged 36 in a 1997 Paris car crash.Jacked from The Sun
2 comments:
I mean really, really, really???? This shit is old and crusty and wouldn't be a shocker twenty years ago. Damn. Thinks for the update, I guess...
Loved me some Freddie Mercury and loved me some Lady Di, RIP. Both of you loved hard and gave much to fans that loved you. Kate Middleton, take notes and have a heart to serve as well as reign. Freddie was out there, but when he found out he was sick, a humility came over him and he became even more aware of others suffering. Rock opera is dead now. What a wonderful talent. Still tear up when I hear his voice in Barcelona!
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