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    The Great Pretender Nominated
    30/04/2013 The Great Pretender Nominated

    Freddie doc up for a 

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    Apparently...Freddie sneaked Princess Diana into a gay club!
    03/04/2013 Apparently...Freddie sneaked Princess Diana into a gay club!

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    Rhys Thomas: BAFTA Nomination
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    Ask Phoebe - BLOG 30!

    22/05/2013

    Peter's Q&A blog hits the BIG 3-0

    Peter Freestone's exclusive online blog is now 30 updates old!

    Click here to look back over all the blog entries for some fascinating and respectful insight into the world in which Freddie really lived.

    Remember to submit a question too!

    The Great Pretender Nominated

    30/04/2013

    Freddie doc up for a Rose d’Or Award

    The Great Pretender has been nominated in the ARTS category of the 52nd Rose d’Or Awards. Many congrats to Rhys Thomas and Eagle Rock Entertainment. Winners are announced on May 30th.

    Apparently...Freddie sneaked Princess Diana into a gay club!

    03/04/2013

    We love a good story over here at FM.com too...

    Freddie Mercury dressed Princess Diana up as a male model to sneak her into a London gay club, it has been revealed.

    The revelation comes from the autobiography of comedienne Cleo Rocos' autobiography, which has been serialised in The Sunday Times. The 80's star attended the club with the couple and fellow comedian Kenny Everett.

    In the book, Rocos recalls an afternoon when the unlikely gang of friends were drinking together at Kenny Everett's house in London. Looking for further entertainment, the group hatched a plan to smuggle Diana into the Vauxhall Tavern in a camouflage army jacket, leather cap and dark aviator sunglasses.

    "Scrutinising her in the half light," writes Rocos, "we decided that the most famous icon of the modern world might just — just — pass for a rather eccentrically dressed gay male model."

    On entering the club, she wrote: "The place was full. It took an absolute aeon to edge our way to the bar, with person after person cheerfully greeting us. It was fabulously outrageous and so bizarrely exciting. Our hearts pounded with every new leather-clad hairy body that approached, but no one, absolutely no one, recognised Diana. 

    "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! 

    "Never has going to a bar been quite so exhilarating and fun. We then made a swift exit, a cab was hailed and we whisked Diana back to Kensington Palace. The jolly queens queuing outside unknowingly waved back as their 'queen of hearts' waved goodbye. Not a single person ever found us out."

    If you really want to read more head over to www.nme.com

    Rhys Thomas: BAFTA Nomination

    25/03/2013

    The Great Pretender Director Gets Nominated

    Rhys Thomas has been nominated for a BAFTA for 'The Great Pretender' documentary! 


    Rhys has been shortlisted for 'Breakthrough Talent' in the Television Craft section for 2013. For full details click here. 

    Many congrats Rhys!

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