A forthcoming e-book centred on Freddie Mercury’s life is poised to ship shockwaves by means of the leisure world, revealing the existence of his secret daughter. The Queen frontman had a baby who was saved nicely out of the general public eye, with solely his innermost circle, together with his mother and father and sister being aware of the data. The Queen legend, who died in November 1991, aged 45, having publicly shared that he had AIDS shortly earlier than was additionally overtly bisexual. His ex-girlfriend and longtime good friend Mary Austin has damaged her silence on claims he had a secret little one. The previous couple met by means of guitarist Sir Brian Could and so they loved a long-term romance within the early 70s. Freddie and Mary bought engaged in 1973, however they in the end break up however remained shut associates till his demise.
In March a lady got here ahead alleging the Bohemian Rhapsody hitmaker was her father after he had a quick fling with a good friend’s spouse. Born in 1976, she speaks out for the primary time in her new e-book, titled Love, Freddie and written by biographer Lesley-Ann Jones, claiming Mercury was “devoted” to her. In a brand new interview, Mary has admitted she had no concept of the kid’s id, who’s known as B. Chatting with The Occasions, Mary, who inherited a lot of Mercury’s property, stated she can be “astonished” if the claims had been confirmed to be true.
“Freddie had an excellent openness, and I can not think about he would have needed to, or been in a position to, preserve such a joyful occasion a secret, both from me or different folks closest to him,” she stated.
In a letter to Jones for her e-book, B says: “Mary Austin—the great girl who was to all intents and functions his spouse till demise parted them—knew completely all the pieces about him, together with all his undisclosed secrets and techniques.”
However Mary has denied this because the 74-year-old added: “The reality is that I’m merely not the guardian of such a secret.
“I’ve by no means identified of any little one, or of any diaries. If Freddie had certainly had a baby with out me understanding something about it, that might be astonishing to me.”
She added that if the I Need to Break Free hitmaker did have a daughter, it could have introduced him “tremondous pleasure”.
Whereas she believes that Mercury’s mother and father, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, would have “embraced her with all of the love of their hearts”, she “doesn’t bear in mind Freddie ever talking about making a household.”
Mary’s feedback come as a shock to writer Jones, who responded to The Occasions by claiming she approached Austin for an interview “numerous instances over a few years, however she by no means as soon as responded”.
