Night Princess Diana dressed as a man to visit a gay bar with Freddie Mercury and DJ Everett



Princess Diana went to the south London bar disguised as a male model

Episode is revealed in new book by Kenny Everett's co-star Cleo Rocos

She described Diana as being in 'mischief mode' on evening in question

Queen singer told the others they should 'let the girl have some fun'



Mischief: Diana liked to venture out in disguise

As one of the most famous women in the world, she had to go to extraordinary lengths to avoid being recognised.



Princess Diana dressed up as a 'male model' so she could enjoy an anonymous night out at a gay bar with Queen singer Freddie Mercury, television entertainer Kenny Everett and his co-star Cleo Rocos, it has been claimed.



The Princess of Wales was a fan of the Kenny Everett Television Show and struck up a friendship with him and Miss Rocos.



It was during one of their many get-togethers that a drink at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London was suggested.



Making the claims in her new book, Miss Rocos sets the scene by describing how Mercury had also come round to Everett's flat and the four of them were larking around on Everett's sofa watching The Golden Girls.

Miss Rocos wrote: 'I don't think anything could be more camp than Diana, Kenny, Freddie and me sitting on Kenny's sofa, all watching The Golden Girls.



'Kenny turned the sound down on the television and we improvised the voices, but with a much naughtier storyline.



'Kenny was Blanche, Diana was Dorothy, Freddie was Sophia and I was Rose – we were uncontrollable with laughter. Diana, who was 27 at the time, was giggling from behind a cushion and asked what our plans were for that evening.

Night out: Kenny Everett and Freddie Mercury took Princess Diana to a gay bar, it has been claimed



'Freddie told her we were going to the Vauxhall Tavern. Diana said she had never heard of it and she'd like to come.'

Attempts were made to dissuade Diana but Miss Rocos said she was in 'mischief mode' and intent on having her way, adding: 'She turned to Mercury who declared: 'Go on, let the girl have some fun. Can you imagine?''.

Partial to a bellini: Miss Rocos discloses how Princess Diana liked the cocktail made with champagne and peach juice or puree

Miss Rocos went on: 'She [Diana] wanted the thrill of going in undetected to order one drink and would leave right away, she promised.

'She tried on the outfit Kenny had intended to wear: a camouflage army jacket, hair tucked up into a leather cap and dark aviator sunglasses.



'Scrutinising her in the half light, we decided that the most famous icon of the modern world might just – just – pass for a rather eccentrically dressed gay male model.'

The foursome arrived at the bar and Princess Diana ordered a white wine and a beer. With their mission accomplished, the group then made a swift exit and dropped Diana off at Kensington Palace.



The claims appear in Miss Rocos's new book, The Power of Positive Drinking. Diana's love of wearing a disguise to venture out in public unnoticed is well documented but this is the first time that her decision to dress up as a man for the 1988 bar visit has been revealed in such detail.



Miss Rocos, 50, also discloses how Diana was partial to a bellini – a cocktail made with champagne and peach juice or puree.



She said: 'There was always great excitement and anticipation after receiving an invitation for lunch with Princess Diana.



'She was a big fan of the Kenny Everett Television Show and we got to know each other over the years.



'She had a wicked sense of humour. We would meet and the three of us would swap all the fabulous gossip and goings-on.



'She would often refer to someone by their star sign, saying, “Oh, that randy old Taurean” or “typical Sagittarian, always dancing on the table with a bottle of vodka down his trousers”.'

Plan: Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett were behind the ruse according to the new book of Cleo Rocos



Invite: 'Freddie told her we were going to the Vauxhall Tavern. Diana said she had never heard of it and she'd like to come'

Among her other anecdotes, the actress recounts the time she and comedian Alan Carr raided a brothel in Soho to rescue the women working there, but were rebuffed.

'To our total shock none of them wanted to leave. Apparently they were all very happy working there and being well treated,' she said.

Miss Rocos also describes another occasion when she and Everett were invited to a reception at No 10.



They were waiting for a waitress to top up their glasses when Everett spotted one and tried to attract her attention. Miss Rocos recalled: 'Waitress, waitress, he cried, before tugging at her arm. It was Margaret Thatcher.



'He did apologise profusely. However, the lady was not for turning again and she didn't go and get us a drink.'

Witness: Rami's Princess Di story first came to light in Cleo Rocos 2013 book The Power of Positive Drinking, in which she described how she, her co-star Kenny Everett, Freddie and Diana all ended up in the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London

Sneaky: Princess Diana was apparently disguised as a male model so she could be smuggled into the bar

Miss Rocos met Mr Everett when she was 15. She lied about her age to get on to his show in 1981, and ended up forging a firm friendship with the star which lasted until he died of Aids in 1995, aged 50.

Mercury, best known for his live performances and Queen hits such as Bohemian Rhapsody, died in 1991 aged 45 of an Aids-related illness.

Diana died in a car crash in Paris in 1997, aged 36.Princess Diana was disguised as a male model by Queen singer Freddie Mercury and TV star Kenny Everett so she could be smuggled into a notorious gay bar, according to a new book.

The bizarre story was revealed in a book called The Power of Positive Drinking by Cleo Rocos, who who-starred in the Kenny Everett Television Show.