Overview

• B issued her first on-record remarks ahead of Love, Freddie’s publication, saying she held back for 30 years to protect her private grief.
• She expressed devastation that Mary Austin had reportedly cast doubt on her existence after decades of silence.
• B affirmed that the forthcoming book draws exclusively on 17 handwritten diaries Mercury gave her shortly before his death.
• She confirmed that a legally vetted DNA test supports her claim, though the results remain confidential.
• A Channel 5 documentary about her relationship with Mercury is scheduled to air alongside the biography’s September release.