Despite the visibility and success of their big daddy, Roger Taylor’s children, except for Rufus, who is the drummer like him, know little. A few years ago Roger’s second child, Rory Eleanor, gained visibility, but for a good cause: the video made by Queen + Adam Lambert for You Are The Champions, the beneficiary single in favour of the “World Health Organization”. His presence in the video is no accident, Rory is a front line hospital doctor. The Sunday Times interviewed her on that occasion. Rory is the daughter of Roger Taylor and Dominique Beyrand, the first Roger’s wife from whom he also had a son, Felix Luther. The first public photo of Rory went down in history as she was immortalized in the arms of Mary Austin backstage at Wembley.
Near them Freddie Mercury fixed the tag of her dress and told the reporters that they were approaching: “. She’s beautiful, but she’s not mine! ”. “I always knew what Dad did for a living, and I admired him with a sense of amazement. “, Rory says, “I loved Queen’s music, but I was generally pretty shy about it and I never talked about him about what his life was like in the band. At school people obviously found this out and it generated some ironic jokes, some jokes… ” “I knew that I wanted to become a doctor since I was little. Despite both my parents being involved in the music business, they’ve always made it clear that I should’ve done what I wanted. I knew I wanted to help people, so I studied medicine. There’s a lot of pressure in a job like this and very long hours to be on the field, but I love it, and dad has always been supportive of my choice. ” “I’ve always gone to see Queen play live and I love that they still do it with such passion and that they’re such perfectionists. And dad is still amazingly fit at 70. Drumming is like a real workout. He is in very good shape. ” When he told me Queen were re-recording We Are the Champions in a version called You Are the Champions to support healthcare on the frontline, I was really proud of him. So when he asked if I wanted to be in the video I said sure why not? “. I’ve never wanted to be in the spotlight, so finding myself in a pop video is weird. ”.
