The press were also remarkably expedient with their revelations about Leng's past life, claiming that for one so young (24) she had already enjoyed romantic liasions with five top rock stars, including David Essex and David Bowie, though it was her most recent involvement with the American pop star Simon Climie (of the duo Climie Fisher) which caused her the most hassle a few months later at the Montreux Festival, when Climie and Roger Taylor squared up to each other in the bar of the Hyatt Continental Hotel, and almost came to blows. A spokesman for Taylor attempted to deny that the clash had taken place - unaware that photographs of it had already appeared in the press, along with Climie's complaint about Taylor's 'attitude' and bad languaje. Freddie Mercury found the situation hilarious, and told friends, 'I only wish I could have been there. While they were at it, handbags at thirty paces, I'd have run off with that gorgeous Simon and you wouldn't have seen me for dust!'.
Source: "Freddie Mercury: An Intimate Biography" book.