A Common-Law Marriage
Due to their close bond, and the fact that Mary stuck by his side throughout his process of becoming and thriving as the lead singer of Queen, Freddie inevitably popped the question. He put a jade ring in several boxes and presented it to Mary. Despite her surprise, she said yes to marrying him. However, the two didn’t end up getting married. Something was just not right in their relationship after having lived together for six years. The ended up drifting apart, and even so, Freddie didn’t want to admit it. So Mary decided to do something about it.
Hidden Sexuality
After six years of being engaged, Freddie had stopped mentioning marriage and began to pull away from Mary, the one who inspired the song ‘Love of My Life’. Mary saw that something was troubling Freddie about their relationship, and so she broke it off, thinking he may be having an affair with another woman. However, as it turns out, Freddie cared so much about Mary and respected her, so he confided in her and came out to her as a bisexual. Even so, Mary thought he was a gay man who was simply struggling with his sexual identity. All the same, she remained in his life as one of his closest friends.