Mary’s alleged remarks are all the more intriguing as the book Love, Freddie, which is out on what would have been the icon’s birthday, September 5, claims his inner circle, including Mary, knew about the child.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It claims B was unintentionally conceived during an affair with the wife of a close friend in 1976. Now 48, she resides in Europe, working in the medical field and is\u00a0also a mother herself, making Freddie a grandfather posthumously.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The opening chapter of the book features is a handwritten letter from B in which she explains her connection to the We Are the champions singer.<\/p>\n
“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,” it says<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
Lesley-Ann, who has also written biographies of other rockers including John Lennon, David Bowie and The Rolling Stones, insisted she believes the daughter’s story completely, as she has not asked for money or “recognition”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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