Freddie Mercury had a secret daughter, in response to a bombshell new biography on the Queen rocker.
Lesley-Ann Jones’ upcoming retrospective on the legendary singer’s life, “Love, Freddie,” features a handwritten letter detailing the existence of a daughter conceived by Mercury and the spouse of a good friend in 1976 — on the top of his profession.
The guarded secret was recognized solely to the late “Bohemian Rhapsody” star’s nearest and dearest –together with his longtime love, Mary Austin, his mother and father, and his sister — for almost half a century, Daily Mail reported Friday.
Now 48, the nameless daughter, recognized as “B,” is a mom and a medical skilled who resides in Europe.
The letter seems in chapter one of many biography, which is ready to be launched on Sept. 5.
“Freddie Mercury was and is my father,” she wrote. “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,” she continued. “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.”
“B” was raised by a loving household, although the letter made it clear Mercury visited her typically, and that she was conscious of who her organic father was.
Prior to his loss of life in 1991, Mercury gave his daughter 17 journals, which have additionally remained secret via the many years — and had been handed to the creator forward of the ebook’s publication.
Jones, for her half, confessed she initially questioned the claims.
“My instinct was to doubt everything, but I am absolutely sure she is not a fantasist,” she stated, in response to the outlet. “No one could have faked all this,” Jones stated in half.
The creator, who has additionally written biographies on John Lennon and the Rolling Stones, amongst others, defined why she felt the lady’s declare is legit.
“In my experience of fantasists, and I’ve met a few, they seek instant gratification, publicity and reward,” Jones stated.
“She has never asked for money. She does not want recognition. Both Freddie and her stepfather left her extremely wealthy. She was not provided for through Freddie’s will, but by a private, legal arrangement, so no one will find her mentioned there.”
She additionally asserted that Mercury was “not who you think he was.”
“He was a hands-on, devoted dad,” Jones stated in half.
The creator claimed “B” was conceived “accidentally” with the spouse of a detailed good friend whereas he was away on enterprise for an extended stretch.
Given that the mom was Roman Catholic, abortion was “out of the question.”
“It was decided between the three adults that the child would live with her mother and her husband – the child’s stepfather,” the creator claimed, with the singer having a room at every of the residences because the trio raised the child.
Jones stated Mercury spoke to the woman “every day” whereas he was away on tour. The creator asserted Mercury’s daughter knew “from toddlerhood” which of the 2 males was her “real father.”
“Outside the unusual family, privacy and discretion were maintained to a degree that not even some members of Freddie’s personal household had any idea that he had a child,” Jones stated.
The flamboyant showman, whose final male lover was the late hairdresser Jim Hutton, had a well known romance with Mary Austin, to whom he was engaged, previous to popping out as homosexual. In the Eighties, he dated actress Barbara Valentin.
The mom of the secret child was saved underneath wraps, although she is alleged to have died “years ago,” in response to the outlet.
In one other letter in the ebook, “B” described her father as an “intensely private” man — a top quality she claimed to share with him.
“The life I live with my husband and our family in another country is intensely private,” she wrote in half. “We want things to stay that way. We cherish our peaceful and anonymous life, and we want nothing to disturb it. Nobody needs to know who I am.”
