Freddie Mercury's 'secret daughter' feels he 'belonged to everyone'
The Queen frontman died in November 1991, aged 45, and the woman - who is known only as B - has now explained that she "had to become an adult without him".
She told MailOnline: "After his death, I had to learn to live with the attacks against him, the misrepresentations of him, and with the feeling that my dad now belonged to everyone.
"I cried and mourned my dad, while fans all around the world mourned Freddie.
"When you are 15 years old. it's not easy.
"I had to become an adult without him, and live all the structuring moments and events without his support.
"For 30 years I had to build my life and family without him and accept that he wouldn't be there to share the happy moments with us. For 30 years, while the rest of the world was reinterpreting Mercury's life, his music and all that he had been, I needed to have my dad just for me and my family."
The woman claims that she was born in 1976 after Freddie had a fling with a close pal's wife. But Mary Austin - Freddie's one-time lover and close friend - has questioned her claims.
In response, B said: "I am devastated by Mary Austin's alleged response. For 34 years, the truth of Freddie's life has been distorted, twisted and rewritten, but she said nothing - with the exception of her comment about the movie Bohemian Rhapsody, which she called "artistic licence".
"Here, she has not yet read the book, yet she apparently makes this statement. I don't understand why."
B has detailed her life and experiences in a new book with Lesley Ann Jones.
The author said: "I am surprised by Mary Austin's response. As a journalist I approached her for interview countless times over many years, but she never once responded. In this book, however, there is only one voice: that of Freddie's daughter herself.
"The story is hers. The quotes are hers. Her source is the collection of 17 handwritten diaries that Freddie gave her three weeks before he died."
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