Dear all,
I cam across this (it's from a Dutch Highschool student who did a paper on Freddie)...
1) Dutch
München
Rond 1981 ruilde Freddie New York in voor München. De plaats waar hij ook zou gaan wonen. Freddie kreeg in 1984 een relatie met porno- actrice Barbara Valentin. Op het moment dat Freddie Barbara ontmoette, had hij al sinds 1983 een relatie met Winnie Kirchberger, een Oostenrijker met een groot ongewassen vrachtautochauffeur imago.
English
Munich
Around 1981 Freddie replaced New York with Munich,the place where he would be going to live. In 1984 Freddie had a relationship with (porn) actress Barbara Valentin. At that moment Freddie was already since 1983 involved with Winnie Kirchberger, an austrian guy who had the look of a BIG UNWASHED TRUCKDRIVER
2) Dutch
....Vandaar dat Freddie in 1990 Vaak naar Montreux kwam, waar hij dan introk bij Jim Beach
English
... Because of that Freddie visited Montreux frequently in 1990 where HE MOVED IN WITH JIM BEACH
3) Dutch
De single ‘Mother love’ werd een nummer 1 hit en was afkomstig van het laatste Queen album ‘Made in Heaven’.
English
The single "Mother Love" became A NUMBER ONE HIT coming from their last album "Made in Heaven
I thought it was pretty funny ... and very well investigated ... ;-)
Stefan link
1) I thought too that Barbara filmed in some "naughty" movies (maybe someone knows them: link )
2) Jim Beach lives in Montreux, his home address is there even
3) Where? Maybe somewhere it was... :)
Serry...the girl said Freddie moved in WITH jim beach ... lol
Mother Love was never a number 1 hit ... (and to my knowledge not even released as a single)
and you are right about the porn past of Barbara Valentin (will remove it from the original post)
Stefan
This is well discussed in Peter Freestone's book.
Barbara Valentin wasn't a porn actress. She was a very popular German film actress....just not internationally recognized. I think she only did German Cinema.
During his Munich time, Freddie was involved with both Winnie and Barbara with overlapping time in both relationships. Barbara introduced Freddie to Winnie and since Freddie spoke no German and Winniw spoke no English, Barbara often acted as translator.
Freestone says there didn't seem to be much jealousy amongst them.
Also, Freddie had been staying in a dodgy hotel and frequently moved from friend to friend for temporary lodgings to get away.
Jim Hutton chose to remain in London where he was a barber. Several years he left his job and moved into Garden Lodge with Freddie as the live-in "Gardener."