A Blue Plaque marking the first English home of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury has been unveiled.
The pop culture icon moved to the semi-detached home in Feltham, London, when his family left Zanzibar in 1964 and it was where Freddie was living when he met two other members of the chart-topping band, Brian May and Roger Taylor.
Kashmira Cooke, Freddie’s sister, unveiled the English Heritage Blue Plaque and said: "Mum and I are so proud and pleased that English Heritage is honouring our Freddie with a Blue Plaque, and that he will be amongst other famous names for ever.
"Secretly he would have been very proud and pleased too."
Brian was also on hand for the big unveiling and he shared his memories of when Freddie lived in the property.
He said: "It is a pleasant duty to help install this little reminder on Freddie’s parents’ house in Feltham.
"It was here that I first visited Freddie soon after we had met through a mutual friend. We spent most of the day appreciating and analysing in intimate detail the way that Jimi Hendrix had put his recordings together in the studio – listening to Hendrix on vinyl played on Freddie’s Dansette record player – which had stereo speakers on opposite sides of the box!
"Feltham was the childhood neighbourhood for both of us but we never knew it until we met in the cause of music."
The plaque has been unveiled today (01.09.16) ahead of what would of been Freddie’s 70th birthday on Monday (05.09.16).
Queen fans around the world have chosen to mark the occasion by recreating Freddie’s famous Day-O sing-alongs, with the help of celebrities such as James Bay and Matt Lucas.
What’s more, Twitter has created a special Emoji which will be triggered when social media users include #FFADAYO in their tweet.
Freddie died in 1991 at the age of 45 due to complications from Aids.
Blue Plaque unveiled at Freddie Mercury’s first London home
