Secret Freddie Mercury recordings ‘worth millions’ detailed by Queen author

The beloved singer could one day rock us all over again with fresh tunes, according to writer Lesley-Ann Jones. as his supposed secret daughter is sitting on forgotten recordings

Music demos worth millions made by Freddie Mercury have been being kept secret for more than 30 years since his death, an author has claimed. The beloved Queen singer could one day rock us all over again with fresh tunes, according to writer Lesley-Ann Jones, who is behind the bombshell book about Freddie’s secret ‘lovechild’.

Jones, 68, said there is a “vast wealth” of secret music recordings that have been sitting in the house of Freddie’s alleged daughter, as well as 17 tell-all notebooks written by the star, that she calls “probably the most valuable document in rock history”.

Together, the items are worth “millions”, Jones says, but the tunes may never be released because record company Sony could sue for them as it owns the rights to Freddie’s published work.

The notebook jottings by the I Want to Break Free singer are also technically owned by Freddies’ ex-wife and friend Mary Austin because of a clause in his will that left all of his possessions to her.

Jones said she thinks Freddie was being “cute” when he left all of his possessions to Mary.

“There’s a clause in his will that states categorically, he bequeaths all his possessions, including those held in banks and by third parties, to Mary Austin,” she said.

“So technically, Mary owns these notebooks.

“But there’s another complication and that has arisen recently because Queen, as we know, sold their catalogue to Sony Music for a billion quid.”

It emerged in last summer that Sony was in the process of purchasing Queen’s music and other rights for around £1bn.

Jones continued: “Technically, because there’s a lot of explanation of Freddie’s lyrics, his songwriting inspiration for all of that in these notebooks, technically Sony Music could now argue and even sue Queen to get those notebooks, because they’re worth millions.”

Jones says Freddie had a secret child after Bohemian Rhapsody was released in 1976.

The writer said there are recordings of a four-year-old girl saying: “Oh, daddy, leave that… Come and read this with me.”

But named only ‘B’ in Jones’ book, many fans are unconvinced she really exists.

Sony were contacted for comment.

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