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A new biography about Freddie Mercury's life claims that the Queen frontman had a secret daughter, now 28, with the wife of a close friend in 1976.
The Secret Life of Freddie Mercury
The biography, "Love, Freddie: Freddie Mercury's Secret Life and Love" by Lesley-Ann Jones, is based on Mercury's secret diaries, which he gifted to his daughter prior to his death in 1991. The book reveals that Mercury had a close and loving relationship with his daughter, who knew him as her father from a young age.
The daughter, who remains unnamed, writes in the book that she had a very close and loving relationship with her father from the moment she was born and throughout the final 15 years of his life. She also reveals that Mercury visited her and her mother often throughout her childhood and had his own rooms at each of their homes.
The biography also claims that Mercury's daughter knew from toddlerhood which of the two men was her real father and that Mercury spoke with his daughter every day while he was touring or working on Queen records.
A Private Life
The daughter, now a 28-year-old medical professional and parent herself, has chosen to share her father's secret diaries with the author, Lesley-Ann Jones. Jones claims that the daughter's proof, including photos, cards, and bank statements, convinced her of the daughter's authenticity.
The daughter has decided to share her story in order to let Freddie speak, after more than three decades of lies, speculation, and distortion. She writes in the book that she has not been coerced into doing this and that she has chosen to reveal herself in her own midlife.
A Close Relationship
The biography also contains firsthand accounts of time spent with Mercury, including a letter from the daughter, in which she reveals why she decided to share her father's secret diaries years after his death.
Freddie Mercury performing with Queen in 1977.
The book, "Love, Freddie: Freddie Mercury's Secret Life and Love" will be released on September 5 and is available for preorder now.
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