Queen’s Freddie Mercury smuggled Princess Diana into gay bars
Dressed in drag by her friends, Diana, the People’s Princess went completely unnoticed, posing as a rather attractive and fashionably dressed male model in an army jacket, black leather cap and aviator sunglasses.
The aviators may have belonged to Freddie, who was known for wearing them, but Diana is photographed sporting quite a few different pairs herself…
This is how Diana enjoyed a night out on the town with pals Mercury, comedian Cleo Rocos and TV star Kenny Everett, void of attention as they visited places including the notorious gay bar Royal Vauxhall Tavern in south London.
In her new book “The Power of Positive Drinking,” Cleo Rocos claims “When we walked in ... we felt she was obviously Princess Diana and would be discovered at any minute."
Somehow, people just seemed to completely overlook her. She sort of disappeared into the crowd, but she apparently loved it, says Cleo.
Rocos adds that even though the venue was jam-packed, the presence of Mercury, Everett and herself helped divert attention from Diana so that she could order drinks at the bar. Their little group left after about 20 minutes.
Remembering, Rocos states, “On we inched, through the leather throngs and thongs, until finally we reached the bar. We were nudging each other like naughty schoolchildren. 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!”
“She did look like a beautiful young man,” recalls Rocos, adding “She was always a very fit girl, so they might have thought, ‘There's a nice young man with pert buttocks.’” Who can argue with that, but another thing, Princess Diana was quite tall for a woman and not just "fit" but athletically built.
Reading about the rebellious spirit of Princess Diana, late former wife of Prince Charles, in tabloids it’s not difficult to imagine that the noble-born Lady Di allowed herself to be smuggled into a gay bar – or several – during the late 1980’s to have a good time with some friends and get away from the Brit royals at Buckingham Palace…
There are also stories that she and Sarah Ferguson (former wife of Prince Andrew, brother of Prince Charles), also known as “Fergie,” would dress up and go incognito into town to see what mischief they could get up to, thick as thieves, as the expression goes…
Diana was also very close to rock legend Elton John and visited AIDS patients at hospitals. Once King of Pop Freddie Mercury himself died of HIV/AIDS in 1991.
Most of all, it’s evident that Princess Diana, the vibrant mother-in-law that the former Kate Middleton, Catherine Duchess Cambridge never got to meet, loved the thrill of an incognito adventure, knowing full well that she could be discovered at any time…
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