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Some of the antiques and presents Freddie brought back from Japan-Jim estimated the contents of this room were worth ВЈ250,000. On holiday together in Japan 1986-these two vases were far too big for even Freddie to ship home. What Jim described as вЂsparring partnersвЂ™ with Freddie on QueenвЂ™s вЂMagicвЂ™ tour 1986. The very first time Freddie Mercury took Jim Hutton to see his home Garden Lodge, 1985.ДЇreddie and Jim at the start of their relationship. The pictures come mainly from JimвЂ™s personal collection, many of which were included in his memoir about Freddie, Mercury and Me. The following photographs give some idea of the great love Jim and Freddie had for each other.

It was easy to see why Freddie fell for him. Straightforward, down-to-earth, and instantly likable. He was a charming, warm-hearted and genuinely kind man. I met Jim a few times when I was producing a documentary on FreddieвЂ™s friendship with Kenny Everett in 2002. Long before same-sex marriage ceremonies, Freddie called Jim his husband and they exchanged rings. It was the start of their relationship that lasted until FreddieвЂ™s untimely death in November 1991. Freddie made Jim tea, then they exchanged phone numbers. When they awoke, they continued talking where they left off. Though Jim didnвЂ™t quite fit that bill-he was a hairdresser-he did have the look that Freddie found utterly desirable.ДЇreddie invited Jim back to his apartment on Stafford Terrace, where they eventually fell drunkenly into bed, cuddling and talking until they fell asleep. Freddie liked men who looked like burly truck drivers. He had found out where Jim drank and would send one of his assistants in to see if he was at the bar. What Jim didnвЂ™t know was that Freddie had spent part of the previous eighteen months checking up on him. вЂњBut I donвЂ™t have an American accent.вЂќ Freddie protested before inviting Jim to join him and his friends. Jim ignored him saying something like, вЂњWell, youвЂ™ll have to find out,вЂќ before telling the singer to drop the phony American accent. There went most of JimвЂ™s five quid.ДЇreddie then asked, вЂњHow bigвЂ™s your dick?вЂќ It was his usual opening gambit.

It was that bloke from the Copacabana again, Freddie whatsit? Slightly tipsy, JimвЂ™s defenses were down and he offered to buy Freddie a drink. As he stood at the bar, a slight figure slipped in beside him and offered to buy him a drink. He thought they were too large, anonymous, and noisy. Usually, Jim didnвЂ™t go to clubs like Heaven. Instead of going home to his rented rooms in Sutton, he decided to spend his last five quid on a night out in Heaven-the large gay nightclub at Charing Cross. вЂњFreddie who?вЂќ The name meant nothing to Jim, who carried on sipping his beer.Д®ighteen months later, on Saturday, March 23rd, 1985, Jim had been out drinking for most of the day. DidnвЂ™t he know who that was? вЂњThatвЂ™s Freddie Mercury,вЂќ he said. He wasnвЂ™t JimвЂ™s type-he preferred his men вЂњbigger and butcher.вЂќ John was dumbfounded. John asked, вЂњWho?вЂќ Jim pointed him out-a slight figure with a mustache in jeans and a white t-shirt. When John returned, Jim told him someone had just tried to chat him up.

#Freddie mercury last photo full

Jim, who had almost a full can in his hand, said, вЂњNo, thank you.вЂќ When Freddie then asked what he was doing that night, Jim told him to вЂњFuck off.вЂќ Freddie quietly wandered back to join his friends. When John went to the lavatory, Freddie pushed his way through the crowd and offered to buy Jim a drink. Jim was at the bar with his lover, John Alexander, drinking from a can of lager. The first time Jim Hutton met Freddie Mercury, he told him to вЂњfuck off.вЂќ They were in the Copacabana, a gay club in the basement of a hotel in South Kensington, one weekend in late 1983. Jim Hutton and Freddie Mercury with Dorothy the cat, Munich 1986.