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Freddie Mercury’s ‘secret daughter’: I didn’t want to share my Dad with the world

GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND, AUG 8 – The woman known as B claims a close 15-year relationship with Freddie Mercury and shares her story based on 17 diaries before his 1991 death, amid skepticism from his close friends.

  • A woman known only as B claims to be Freddie Mercury's daughter, with her birth in 1976 following a brief fling with a close friend’s wife.
  • This claim arises amid decades of public focus on Mercury’s life, with Mercury having died in 1991 from AIDS-related complications.
  • B states she had a close and loving relationship with Mercury, who gave her 17 handwritten diaries three weeks before his death, which form the basis of her upcoming book Love, Freddie.
  • B said, “I am devastated by Mary Austin’s alleged response,” and confirmed that legal and DNA verifications exist but remain private despite scepticism from Mercury’s friends.
  • The publication suggests continued debate around Mercury’s life and legacy, highlighting tensions between personal stories and public narratives after more than 30 years.
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The woman, known only as "B," decided to speak in view of the publication of a book that tells their connection and after Mary Austin would deny her existence.

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Even his longtime friend and lover, Mary Austin, expressed doubts that Freddie's child really existed.

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Daily Express broke the news in United Kingdom on Friday, August 8, 2025.
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