Freddie Mercury’s ex and ‘love of his life’ breaks silence on his alleged ‘secret child’

Freddie Mercury described Mary Austin as “the love of my life” (Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

The diary entry from ‘B’ claims Freddie: “Entrusted his collection of private notebooks to me,” and added that: “Mary Austin, the wonderful woman who was to all intents and purposes his wife until death parted them, knew absolutely everything about him, including all his undisclosed secrets.”

However, Mary begs to differ and says: “The truth is that I am simply not the guardian of such a secret. I’ve never known of any child or of any diaries.

“I have no knowledge of the diaries or them being ‘entrusted’ to a child. I was with him most days in the months before his death. If Freddie had indeed had a child without me knowing anything about it that would be astonishing to me.”