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.
Even his longtime friend and lover, Mary Austin, expressed doubts that Freddie's child really existed.
Freddie Mercury’s closest friend Mary Austin throws doubt on ‘secret child’ claims
Austin, who met Mercury when she was 19 and lived with him for years, questions veracity of claims by an anonymous woman who says she was conceived during an affair the Queen star had with his friend’s wife
Freddie Mercury’s secret daughter breaks silence with confession ahead of tell-all book - The Mirror
The Queen frontman Freddie Mercury's secret daughter has opened up for the first time as a new book about him fathering her in the 1970s is set to be released in September
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