According to Vanity Fair, Freddy and Jim met at a gay bar called Heaven in London. Freddy offered to buy Jim a drink, and Jim, not recognizing Mercury, turned him down. He course corrected a year and a half later when they ran into each other again, and Hutton soon moved in with Queen's lead singer at his Garden Lodge residence.

After Freddie Mercury passed away, it became clear that he provided for the two people he had long relationships with. However, Mercury left the vast majority of his estate to his former girlfriend Mary Austin. As for his longtime boyfriend, Mercury left Hutton £500,000 which would not be worth roughly $1 million today due to inflation.

Freddie Mercury: Truth about Queen star's agonising last songs 'Sing till I f***ing BLEED' boyfriend Jim Hutton and ex-girlfriend and confidante Mary Austin. Days before he died, Mercury

He moved out of his parents house after getting enough money to buy himself a flat. He's struggling with his mental health, he's been diagnosed with Depression, panic disorder and PTSD. He's living in the flat with his boyfriend, Nineteen year old Jim Hutton. Freddie's finding it hard to cope with his mental health.

In the film we see Mercury meet his long-term Irish love, Jim Hutton, at a party at his house. Armagh actor Aaron McCusker portrayed Jim Hutton in the movie. However, quite a bit of artistic licence was used in the film and this was not how they actually met. The pair first met in a gay nightclub called Heaven in March 1985. . 206 168 255 295 157 80 47 342

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