Freddie Mercury had a secret daughter with whom he shared a close relationship until his death, a new biography about the late Queen frontman claims. The book, Love, Freddie: Freddie Mercury’s Secret Life and Love, claims the child was conceived by accident while Mercury was having an affair with the wife of a close friend in 1976.

The woman, who was born in 1976, has spoken out for the first time in a new book, Love, Freddie, written by biographer Lesley-Ann Jones, identifying herself as the secret love child of the Queen frontman for the first time in 48 years.

We had a very close and loving relationship from the moment I was born and throughout the final 15 years of his life,” the legendary singer’s daughter wrote in a letter included

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His daughter, whose existence was only known to those close to Freddie, has told her story to rock biographer Lesley-Ann Jones

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Freddie Mercury would have a daughter. This is what is revealed by the latest biography about the Queen frontman, "Love, Freddie": Lesley-Ann Jones, the author of the book, reportedly spoke with

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