Flashback - Freddie Mercury smuggles Princess Diana into a gay club.

By editorial board on October 8, 2023

 Freddie Mercury dressed Lady Diana in drag and snuck her into a gay club.

The flamboyant singer had a sense of humour almost as ferocious as his penchant for a party, and that’s a few traits that the British public has always regarded very highly. It’s the kind of antics that sent Mercury from the singer of a rock band to a bonafide rock star.



Mercury had become a friend of Lady Diana Spencer. Diana and Mercury spent the afternoon at English comedian Kenny Everett’s home, drinking champagne. When Diana inquired about their evening plans...

Mercury said they were planning to visit the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, one of the most iconic gay venues in London ‘What would be the headline if you were caught in a gay bar brawl?'” A disguise was essential to the plan’s success, so Everett donated the outfit he had planned to wear: an army jacket, dark aviator sunglasses and a leather cap to conceal her hair.

 

“Scrutinizing her in the half light,” Rocos continues, “we decided that the most famous icon of the modern world might just – just – pass for a rather eccentrically dressed gay male model.”The group managed to sneak Diana into the bar undetected. The crowd, distracted by the presence of Mercury, Everett and Rocos, ignored the Princess completely, leaving her free to order drinks for herself.

 

"Diana and Freddie were giggling, but she did order a white wine and a beer. Once the transaction was completed, we looked at one another, united in our triumphant quest. We did it!

"When we walked in… we felt she was obviously Princess Diana and would be discovered at any minute. But people just seemed to blank her. She sort of disappeared. But she loved it."

Cleo Rocos elaborated on the story in her other book Kenny and Me: Bananas Forever, in which she revealed the pair would watch Golden Girls together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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