Freddie Mercury’s secret daughter, who was revealed in a bombshell book last year, has died at the age of 48.
The Queen icon’s ‘secret’ daughter, known only as B, was revealed ahead of the release of a bombshell book titled Love, Freddie. The lovechild spoke to author and music journalist Lesley-Ann Jones to reveal her link to the rock star – but her real name and identity were never made public.
Now, just months on from the explosive revelation – the rockstar’s ‘hidden’ daughter has died. She was 48 – which, tragically, is just three years older than her dad was at the age of his death in 1991. The news was confirmed by her family, who said she died “peacefully after a long battle with chordoma, a rare spinal cancer, leaving two sons aged nine and seven”.
A statement from her widower, named Thomas, added to the Daily Mail: “B is now with her beloved and loving father in the world of thoughts. Her ashes were scattered to the wind over the Alps.”
Meanwhile, Lesley-Ann Jones, who penned the book, shared her heartbreak over the news as she told the publication: “I am devastated by the loss of this woman who became my close friend, who had come to me with a selfless aim: to brush aside all those who have had free rein with Freddie’s story for 32 years, to challenge their lies and their rewriting of his life, and to deliver the truth.”
Lesley-Ann also added: “At the end of her life, it was all that mattered to her. She was very ill throughout the four years that we worked together. But she was on a mission. She put herself and her own needs last.”
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Last year, the author revealed Freddie had secretly fathered a child during an affair in 1976. She said at the time: “Having spent a quarter of a century researching and writing books about Freddie Mercury, and having covered Queen’s performances on the road, I thought I knew virtually all that there was to know about him. I was wrong. Working with his only child and next of kin over several years to create the book that tells his true story in his and his daughter’s own words has been the greatest privilege of my professional life. I could never have imagined this hidden Freddie. Yet he was real.”
Meanwhile, in the light of her death Lesley-Ann has revealed more details about the rock icon’s secret daughter, claiming he called her ‘Bibi’ and wrote several songs about her. It has also been claimed Freddie would also name her ‘trésor’, which translates into treasure from French, as well as his ‘little froggie’. Queen’s songs Don’t Try So Hard and Bijou are said to have been written about his secret lovechild, whom the singer is said to have had a close bond with up until he died in 1991.
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We Will Rock You star Freddie is said to have fathered his daughter after a brief, unexpected liaison in 1976 with the wife of one of Mercury’s close friends. While the child was as closely-guarded secret, a select few knew the truth including his parents, sister, bandmates and longtime confidante Mary Austin.
And as Freddie’s daughter’s identity wasn’t made public some details about her were revealed – including the fact she lived in Europe, was a healthcare professional and had children. As her link to Freddie was explosively revealed, she detailed how she was raised by a loving family but always knew the music icon was her dad. Before he died of pneumonia caused by Aids in 1991, Freddie gave his daughter 17 volumes of his personal journals.
His daughter had kept them a secret for years but later handed them over to Jones, which formed the basis of the bombshell book.
Freddie was extremely private throughout his life and only announced the day before he died that he had been diagnosed with AIDS – after making a number of public appearances in the 12 month prior looking increasingly ill. Freddie had a number of relationships with men and women, including Mary Austin. They met when she was 19 and he was 24, a time before his mega stardom. The couple lived together and were engaged before Freddie came out as gay. Freddie and Mary never had any children but Mary went on to have two sons with another partner while remaining close to the singer for the rest of his life. She is understood to have known about Freddie’s daughter.
For the book, Love Freddie, ‘B’ issued a handwritten letter, which read: “Freddie 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.”
Music journalist and Love Freddie author Lesley-Ann also revealed at the time that she had been approached by B three years before the book’s release, but had her reservations at first. She said: “My instinct was to doubt everything, but I am absolutely sure she is not a fantasist.”
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