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Wayne Rooney dressed as Freddie Mercury in sexy leather skirt and heels at his early 40th birthday party

Wayne Rooney dressed as Freddie Mercury during his early 40th birthday bash

Wayne Rooney has recalled transforming into Freddie Mercury at his early 40th birthday bash.

The 39-year-old former professional football player danced around a vacuum while he donned sexy heels, a black leather skirt, a sleeveless skintight pink top, magenta earrings and a black wig, to mimic the late Queen frontman's iconic look in the band's 1984 video for I Want to Break Free.

Wayne then took to the karaoke, but the fun for his wife Coleen - who organised the luxurious weekend away with friends to a plush lakeside estate in the Cotswolds, West Oxfordshire - was short-lived as she tripped from her heels and broke her foot.

The sportsman - who turns 40 on October 24 - said on the latest episode of his The Wayne Rooney Show podcast: "It was great, one night was fancy dress. I was Freddie Mercury. I wore high heels, a black leather skirt, a skintight t-shirt tucked in, and a hoover.

"So I was walking round with a hoover, but my feet were intact. Coleen actually slipped in her heels and broke her foot.

"It was great [weekend]. And we had different bands coming out, singing and performing and stuff. And I got up, obviously, it was good fun.

"I obviously done Bohemian Rhapsody. Me and My Monkey by Robbie Williams – that's my go-to song."

Wayne's comments come as a source previously said he was "in his element" as Freddie - who died from bronchial pneumonia caused by AIDS at the age of 45 in November 1991.

The insider - who also said Coleen arranged for helicopters to whisk them and their pals to the stunning property in the Cotswolds - told The Sun: "Everyone knows Wayne really loves singing, but he was in his element as Freddie Mercury.

"He looked the part and blasted out some of Queen’s best-known tunes.”

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