27-06-2025
Freddie Mercury's 'secret daughter' claims she has DNA proof
Fresh claims that Freddie Mercury has a secret daughter have been published in a new book, but have been questioned by his Queen bandmate, Brian May and his wife, actress Anita Dobson.
Former EastEnders star Dobson has even challenged the woman making the claims to 'step forward' and make herself known, if this is true.
Writer Lesley-Ann Jones, is the author who has made the astonishing claims in a new book entitled 'Love of my life', saying the flamboyant Queen star secretly fathered a child during an affair in 1976, and that she now has DNA evidence to back up her claims. Freddie Mercury. Pic: FG/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images
Queen guitarist Brian May was said to have been stunned by the revelations, and his wife has admitted they're not convinced the story is true.
Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, Dobson, 76, revealed her own shock after hearing that Freddie allegedly fathered a daughter in the 1970s – and said the news equally floored Brian.
She told the publication 'I went 'what?' I thought no? And I said to Brian 'Do you know about this?' And he said: 'Do you believe this?' Anita Dobson and Brian May. Pic: Victoria Jones –The author, Lesley-Ann Jones, who has written several books on Freddie Mercury, says the 48-year-old woman – identified only as 'B' – is the result of a fling between Mercury and the wife of a close friend.
She alleges the late singer kept in contact with his daughter and even gave her detailed personal journals before his death in 1991.
But actress Anita is convinced that Freddie was too big a star for the news to have not leaked before.
She said: 'There must be lots of people who have children that we don't know about. It's just because it's him. Because he's iconic. And the type of animal that he was, it seems inconceivable that he would have a child with someone we don't know about.' Freddie Mercury. Pic: Pete Still/Redferns
Anita added: 'If he does have one where is she – step forward. If she exists. Maybe it is just more fake news.'
The new biography, entitled 'Love Of My Life', claims Mercury shared the secret with his bandmates before he died – and that the woman now lives in Europe with a family of her own.
In a handwritten letter included in the book, the woman writes: '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'.
'Those who have been aware of my existence kept his greatest secret out of loyalty to Freddie.' Mary Austin with Freddie Mercury in 1986. Pic:Mercury is known to have had a number of relationships with women, most notably Mary Austin, whom he was engaged to for a while, before he came out as gay.
Though they did not have children together, Mary went on to have two sons with another partner, while remaining close to Mercury for the rest of his life.
