Young said: “Whenever I did anything with Freddie, he always said to me, ‘Try and be on the stage and capture the audience.’

“I always made sure I got 100,000 people in the background of the picture.

“Each one of them waving or clapping at the same time.”

The 73-year-old, who has also photographed Princess Diana, Elizabeth Taylor and Mick Jagger, then brought out a picture of Freddie performing.