Introduction
Not much is known about Paul Prenter’s life before he fronted one of the most famous bands of all time, Queen.
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Early life
Born in 1946 in London, England, Paul’s father and mother remain anonymous. A few members of Paul’s family, including his brother, came forward after the release of the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody” to defend Paul’s honor. In the film, Paul’s character is portrayed as a devious and cunning man determined to impose his own agenda on Freddie Mercury and the other members of Queen. Prenter’s family insist Freddie and Paul were just close friends and not romantically involved, although Paul has been openly gay since he was 16 and his parents have supported throughout his life.
Freddie with Paul Prenter in the early 80s.
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They went on to say that the line in the movie where Paul’s character said “My dad would rather see me dead” in reference to his sexuality was extremely hurtful and very wrong. Paul’s brother, close friends and goddaughter believe the film was “cowardly”, “wrong” and “hurtful”.
Career
Prenter’s only known job before he became involved with Freddie Mercury was as a radio DJ in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Shortly after meeting Freddie, he quit his job to work for Mercury as a personal assistant, before becoming Queen’s manager after their current manager was fired. His role was to book gigs, organize gigs, and be the band’s general liaison. However, much to the (apparent) dismay of fellow Queens members Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor, Paul and Freddie have become extremely close.
The other band members began to doubt that Prenter’s intentions were pure, and when Queens’ album “Hot Space” was released in 1982, the relationship between the band and their manager quickly became more strained. The album was not successful at all, and Prenter was blamed for its failure. They believed that many of Prenter’s management decisions were not in the band’s best interest, such as turning down radio promotions for the album.
Prenter was fired a year after the Live Aid gig in 1986, ending Freddie and Paul’s business and personal relationship. Queens frontman Brian May has come forward to say that “their manager wasn’t bad at all” and that the media portrayed him as more of a villain than he actually was.
Meeting and interacting with Freddie Mercury
Paul’s relationship with Queens frontman Freddie Mercury was kept secret for many years, until Prenter exposed Freddie’s sexual preferences and their relationship in a story he sold to “The Sun” magazine. ” in 1987, while revealing that the singer was in a relationship with a man named Jim Hutton.
There are many conflicting stories about whether Paul and Freddie were in fact romantically linked – the only people who seem to outright deny this is the case are Paul’s family.
The story of Freddie Mercury and Queen
Freddie – who is now known in rock music as arguably one of the greatest singers of all time, is best known for his four-octave vocal range and peak stage presence – started with very humble beginnings. .
Farrokh Bulsara was born on the 5the September 1946 in Zanzibar. His parents, Bomi and Jer, were Parsi, originally from India where they returned when Freddie was still very young, and where he spent most of his childhood. At the age of seven he began taking piano lessons, and at the age of eight he was sent to St. Peter’s School, where after a few years he formed a school band who performed rock covers. A school friend said Freddie “had an incredible ability to listen to the radio and replay what he heard on the piano”. It was around this time that Mercury began calling himself “Freddie”; in 1964 Freddie and his family moved to Feltham, Middlesex, England.
In April 1970, Freddie joined drummer Roger Taylor and guitarist Brian Mays’ band Smile as lead singer.
A year later, John Deacon joined as a base player, and despite the uncertainty of the band and their production studio, Freddie changed the band’s name to “Queen”. Freddie once said of the band’s new name, “It’s obviously very majestic, and it sounds beautiful”. It is a strong name, very universal and immediate. I was certainly aware of the gay connotation, but that was only one facet of it. It was shortly after that Freddie made the legal change of his surname from Bulsara to Mercury.
Some of Queens greatest hits were ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘Killer Queen’, ‘We are the Champions’, ‘Somebody to Love’, ‘Radio Gaga’, ‘Another One Bites the Dust’, ‘We will Rock You’ , “Fat Bottomed Girls”, “Don’t Stop Me Now” and “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”. Freddie was well known for his connection to his audience and his flamboyant stage presence, which was very apparent during the Live Aid concert in 1985.
Following the Queen breakup, Freddie enjoyed a short solo career before dying of underlying conditions of AIDS at the age of 45 in 1991. Freddie announced the day before his death that he had been living with AIDS for the last four years of his life.
Subsequently, in 2001, Mercury was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003.
Net worth, salary, significant contributions
There are no published sources that indicate Paul’s possible net worth, but after he was made redundant in 1987 he sold a story to ‘The Sun’ for which he was paid £32,000, publishing intimate details about Freddie’s life and the time he had spent managing the Queen.
Only some of the claims indicated that two of Mercury’s lovers lost their lives to AIDS and that he had many more lovers, possibly hundreds.
Paul said being Queen’s manager for a decade was anything but smooth sailing, and was four times longer than any other manager had lasted with the band. Prenter said “the first three or four years were very good, but when they started making money, the last six were absolute misery”. He also went on to say, “They are four very demanding, determined, unreasonable and ungrateful individuals. Their main motive at all times is another hit single, and nothing is allowed to get in their way. It was fun at first, but it turned into a real drag. It was like taking care of four children, four spoiled children. I was happy to be away from them and if I didn’t see them again, it would be too soon. “What would bother me would be when I set up an interview for Freddie and he didn’t show up.
In one instance, I had to lie and tell Simon Bates that Freddie was sick. Paul returned to Belfast after selling the story, but after spending all the money he received for selling Freddie, he was rumored to be going back to Mercury asking for more money.
Eventually, AIDS-related complications from smoking claimed Paul’s life in Belfast in 1991, the same year Freddie’s life was taken by the same disease.
Physical characteristics
Prenter was 1.67m (5ft 6in) tall and weighed around 60kg (132lbs). Prenter had blonde hair, blue eyes, body measurements of 38-28-35, and biceps with a circumference of 13.5 inches.
