Freddie Mercury is one of the most popular British singers ever and something that most of his fans know about him is that he loves cats too much. His love for cats begun in the 1970s when his girlfriend Mary Austin bought him a pair of cats. He named them as Tom and Jerry and according to his many biographers and especially according to his personal assistant Peter Freestone, he would always call Austin (who was caring for the animals when he was away) to check up on his pets.

Freestone said, “He’d get to a hotel, we’d dial through, and he really would talk to his cats”. Writing in his memoir Freddy Mercury, he added, “Mary would hold Tom and Jerry in turn up to the receiver to listen to Freddie talking. This continued throughout the years with succeeding feline occupants of his houses.”

Freestone said, “He’d get to a hotel, we’d dial through, and he really would talk to his cats”. Writing in his memoir Freddy Mercury, he added, “Mary would hold Tom and Jerry in turn up to the receiver to listen to Freddie talking. This continued throughout the years with succeeding feline occupants of his houses.”

Some reports also say that he eventually owned 10 cats named Tiffany, Dorothy, Delilah, Goliath, Lily, Miko, Oscar, and Romeo. His cats were his family and he had always arranged them separate gifts for Christmas.

The Official Queen Fan Club leader of 21 years, Jacky Smith said that “Most of them were from rescue centers. We have a charity [in the United Kingdom] called The Blue Cross, which takes care of sick animals. Freddie got at least two from them.”

Even his album ‘Mr. Bad Guy’ was dedicated to his cat Jerry and it also carried the note that ‘to all cat lovers across the universe’.

“Innuendo, the last album he recorded with the group, included artwork of Mercury dressed as a jester with cats on his shoulders. It also featured an upbeat song, titled Delilah. At first, listen, you may believe it’s about a woman – at least until the line about her ‘peeing all over [his] Chippendale Suite.’ The song also features a guitar solo from Brian May with harmonies that sound like meows. May has also had a few cats over the years. Presently, his travel commitments restrict him from having one, but according to Smith, ‘He still is a cat person as opposed to a dog person.”

Moreover, in his last portrait, he was seen wearing a vest with cats and closer inspection shows that those cats were actually his own.

The most famous out of his cat family is Delilah. Smith says “She was a real character, that lady!” Delilah was just kind of funny. She was a bit of a bully to the others, but was always first on his lap, first for food.”

Jim Hutton, the singer’s boyfriend of seven years, recognized their special bond as well. He described Delilah as “the little princess” of their home, “the one he’d pick up and stroke the most often.” And if that wasn’t enough, “she’d sleep at the foot of the bed, before slipping out for a nighttime prowl.”

In the memoir Mercury and Me, he writes that “Freddie treated the cats like his own children. He would constantly fuss over them, and if any of them came to any harm when Freddie was away, heaven helps us. During the day the cats had the run of the house and grounds, and at night one of us would round them up and bring them inside.”

So, what do you feel about this love?