"We talked to her about the remastering of tracks, the appearance we made at the Bejart Ballet with Elton singing, which was also John's last live appearance with us, and later the work with did with Paul Rodgers, and latterly with Adam Lambert."īrian added: "She was with us all the way. "We always consulted her in our work that continued after we lost Freddie - the tribute concert at Wembley Stadium the Made In Heaven album, which encapsulated Freddie’s last gifts of vocals and was a two-year labour of love for us the single No-one But You, our tribute to Freddie, which I wrote at the inauguration of the Freddie statue in Montreux, an occasion we shared with Jer. "After Freddie’s passing, Jer stayed close to us - To Roger, Jim and myself," Brian continued. Her father worked as a cashier Cashier in the British Colonial Office. She is among the two children born to Bomi Bulsara and his wife, Jer Bulsara. Kashmira was born in 1952 in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Jer died in 2016, with Brian May paying a sweet tribute to her (Image: Facebook) Kashmira Bulsara is the sister of a famous British singer, songwriter, record producer, and lead vocalist, of The Queen Freddie Mercury. Better throw in a few extra 'f**ks'!"īut, he said, Jer never showed any sign of being rattled by her son's mischievous ways. Born in 1946, he grew up at a time when same-sex attraction was considered. For most of Mercury's life, the wider world didn't accept gays and bisexuals. Meanwhile Freddies former girlfriend, Mary Austin. Mercury hid his sexuality from his family. Freddie was very close to his Mum, and, I think, took a mischievous pleasure in trying to shock her."īrian recalled one night before a Wembley Arena gig when defiant Freddie told the band: "Mother's in the audience tonight. Freddie was Melina, Brian May Maggie, Roger Taylor Liz, Elton John Sharon and Rod Stewart Phyllis. But Jer was always a keen follower of our progress as a band, and always came to see us when we played nearby, always with huge enthusiasm. From sharing his favorite outfit as a child, to spoiling little sister Kashmira, even going as far as to share some of Freddies designs that he put. "Nevertheless, the support was always there. Freddie Mercury wasn’t always Freddie Mercury. The recent film Bohemian Rhapsody, recounts the life story of Freddie Mercury, the front man of the rock group, Queen. A just interpretation of a musical legend is rare to come by but Rami Malek was up to the task. "It's probably true to say that Freddie's father, strongly committed to the Parsee faith, didn't find it easy that Freddie took the path he did, as a rock musician, and a fairly irreverent one, at that," he wrote. Freddie Mercury: 15 rare photos before his death that will break your heart.
When Jer died at the age of 94 in 2016, Queen guitarist Brian May lifted the lid on Freddie's publicity-shy family in his tribute. Freddie's father Bomi with Jer and Kashmari at the unveiling of the Queen star's statue in Montreux (Image: Press Association)