THE ‘secret daughter’ of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury has spoken about the iconic star for the first time – after snubbing fame.
According to a new book, a woman was born in 1976 after the singer had a fling with a close pal’s wife.
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The woman – known as B – claims she was raised by another family but always knew Freddie was her father, with the frontman visiting her often before his death in 1991, aged 45.
The secret is said to have been kept strictly between Queen members, Freddie’s family and long-term partner Mary Austin.
B has now made a poignant statement ahead of the book’s – titled Love, Freddie – publication next month.
She told MailOnline: “I didn’t want to share my dad with the whole world.”
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B added: “After his death, I had to learn to live with the attacks against him, the misrepresentations of him, and with the feeling that my Dad now belonged to everyone.
“I cried and mourned my Dad, while fans all around the world mourned Freddie.
“When you are 15 years old. it’s not easy.”
Continuing, she went on to outline having to “become an adult” without the Queen frontman and having spent the past 30 years building her “life and family without him”.
B shared her statement after learning Mary Austin, Freddie’s close friend and former lover, had allegedly cast doubt over the story.
The upcoming book tells the story of a child being accidentally conceived in 1976 – a year following smash-hit Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Although loved and accepted as a gay man, Freddie had previous relationships with women, including Mary Austin.
The former couple lived together prior to the singer’s coming out as homosexual.
B previously wrote in a handwritten letter: “Fred- die Mercury was and is my father.
“We had a very close and loving relationship from the moment I was born and throughout the final 15 years of his life.
“He adored me and was devoted to me.
“The circumstances of my birth may seem, by most people’s standards, unusual and even outrageous.
“That should come as no surprise.
“It never detracted from his commitment to love and look after me.
“He cherished me like a treasured possession.”
Meanwhile, B previously insisted she had taken a DNA test – to prove the rockstar is her dad.
In a message on X, she hit back at questions, writing: “To those ‘demanding’ to see proof of a DNA test, otherwise they won’t believe it – please rest assured that the requisite verification was obtained, legal teams have been involved, but that such measures are private and not shared publicly.”
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