Chrissie May

Christine “Chrissy/Chrissie” Mullen was Queen’s Brian May wife from 1974 to 1988.

Christine was born in Leeds circa 1950 and she was student from the Maria Assumpta Teacher Training College, in Kensington (London).

In 1968 Chrissie’s flatmate, Josephine “Jo” Morris, was dating medical student Roger Taylor, who also played drums in a band called “Smile” and run a stall in Kensington market selling second hand clothes with a friend who called himself Freddie Mercury. When Jo took Chrissie along to one of “Smile”’s gigs at Imperial College she was introduced to Roger’s friend and bandmate Brian May,nwho played the guitar.

Slender, with long dark hair, Chrissie had a pretty elfin face, and that evening there was an instant connection between her and Brian, though initially they settled for being just good friends, as he was dating a girl named Mary Austin, who eventually would date Freddie Mercury. Chrissie was happy to rank among the growing circle wich formed “Smile”’s travelling support.

In 1970 “Smile” disbanded, but Brian May and Roger Taylor, and his housemate and fellow Kensington stall friend Freddie Mercury formed a new band, named “Queen”. By 1973 “Queen” had signed a record deal and had their first big hit, “Seven Seas Of Rhye”.

An important part of the fabric of Brian’s life now was Chrissie Mullen. From being good friends they had fallen deeply in love. This romantic commitment went further that Brian had ever experienced and he found it hard to envisage life without her. The anchor of a stimulating yet stable relationship provided a solid platform from wich he could try to further his ambitions.

At the begining of the New Year he and Chrissie Mullen set a wedding date. They had been together for seven years and for a lot of that time had been inseparable.

On 29 May 1976 he and Christine Mullen married at st. Osmund`s Roman Catholic Church in Barnes, Richmond-upon-Thames, London.

By the end of 1976, Brian and Chrissie had bought a comfortable house in Barnes.

They were married to 1988 and they had three children: Jimmy who was born on 15 June, 1978; Louisa who was born on 22 May 1981 and Emily Ruth who was born on 17 February, 1987.

Brian left his wife Chrissie for British soap-actress star Anita Dobson in 1987 and Chrissie and Brian got divorced in 1988.

As through all her life, very little is known about her, as she keeps a private profile.

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Sources:

"Queen, the Ultimate Ilustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock" by Phil Sutcliffe.

"Brian May: The Definitive Biography" by Laura Jackson.