Things we learned about Freddie Mercury after he died

Freddie Mercury didn't just have a legendary singing voice, he also had a legendary strut and a legendary stage presence. He was so charismatic, he could make the legions of people who paid to see him sing do all the singing for him.
With that kind of reputation, you'd be forgiven for assuming that Freddie Mercury loved the spotlight. And though he did clearly adore some aspects of his fame, off stage he was an intensely private person — so private that there were elements of his life that even his own bandmates didn't understand. People like that usually remain mysteries until long after they've died, when the people who knew them finally feel compelled to bring some of those secrets to light.
That doesn't mean this is an exhaustive list of Freddie Mercury's secrets. A lot of those secrets almost certainly died with him or will die with the people who promised not to reveal them. But these are some of the secrets that came out after Freddie Mercury's tragically early death.