Overview
- The woman, publicly known as B or Bibi, was a physician living in France who kept her identity private to protect her career and patients.
- Her story entered the public record in 2025 through Lesley-Ann Jones’s biography Love, Freddie, which cites 17 diaries and says private legal steps confirmed DNA, none of which has been released publicly.
- Mary Austin has said she knew nothing of such a child and questioned the diaries’ credibility, and her lawyers tried unsuccessfully to stop the book’s publication.
- Her husband, Thomas, confirmed she died after a long battle with the rare spinal cancer chordoma and that she leaves two children aged nine and seven.
- The family says it is considering publishing photographs said to show her with Mercury, while independently verifiable evidence remains unavailable.