Brian May 'doesn't believe' Freddie Mercury had secret lovechild as result of affair

Queen legend Brian May was left shocked by news of Freddie Mercury’s lovechild - but doesn’t believe it. Wife Anita Dobson said when she heard the news: “I went ‘what?’ I thought no’? And I said to Brian: ‘Do you know about this?’ And he said: ‘Do you believe this?’”

Biographer Lesley-Ann Jones has revealed that the star had a child, adding also that she had DNA proof the 48-year-old woman is the singer’s daughter.

In May she claimed in biography that the child was conceived accidentally during an affair with the wife of a close friend in 1976. Mercury is said to have visited his daughter regularly and gave her 17 volumes of detailed personal journals which she kept a secret.

But actor 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.

Former EastEnders actress Anita added: “If he does have one where is she - step forward. If she exists. Maybe it is just more fake news.”

Anita’s comments come after the book claimed that Freddie had told his bandmates about the existence of the love child. The book, Love, claims the singer, who had relationships with men and women, had a daughter as the result of a fling with the wife of a friend.

Now living in Europe and a mother herself, she says she always knew the musician, real name Farrokh Bulsara, was her father and before his Aids related death in 1991 he gave her 17 volumes of his personal journals. She contacted Ms Jones to tell her story.

The book, out in September, includes a handwritten letter from the woman, known as B. She 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." The star even had his own room in their family home, so he could spend as much time with her as possible, and called every day, even while he was touring with Queen.

Writer Jones has since hit back at those who claim the story didn’t stand up.

She said: "To those 'demanding' to see proof of a DNA test, otherwise they won't believe it - please rest assured that the requisite verification was obtained, legal teams have been involved, but that such measures are private and not shared publicly."

She also hit back at those questioning whether a cache of Mercury's secret diaries were faked using artificial intelligence. She posted: "To those insisting Freddie Mercury's diaries were faked with AI, that his daughter 'doesn't exist' and that I've made the whole thing up: wait and see.

"His own story is his true story, told in his own words, is incredible. I love him all the more for it. You will too.”

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