Overview

• The woman, identified only as B, says the 2018 film misrepresents Mercury and claims he would have been appalled by its portrayal.
• She criticises Rami Malek’s depiction as insufficiently joyful and faults the movie’s handling of Mercury’s AIDS diagnosis and key dates.
• B says she spoke out to correct the record and maintains she had a close relationship with Mercury after a 1976 liaison resulted in her birth.
• Biographer Lesley-Ann Jones advances the paternity claim and says private DNA testing and 17 personal journals support it, though results remain confidential.
• Mary Austin has expressed doubt about the alleged daughter and the existence of diaries, while past comments from Brian May and producer Graham King stress the film is a drama, not a documentary.