Freddie appeared to have everything. He was the ultimate showman and rarely revealed much about his inner thoughts. However, in one candid interview, he said: “I might have all the problems in the world but I have Mary and that gets me through…
“I still see her every day and I am as fond of her now as I have ever been. I’ll love her until I draw my last breath.”
“You can be loved by so many thousands of people but still be the loneliest person. And the frustration of that makes it worse because it’s hard for people to understand that you can be lonely.
“Can you imagine how terrible it is when you’ve got everything, but you’re still desperately lonely? That is awful beyond words…
“I can only name one really dear person who I can actually open up to and feel really happy with…”