Brian May’s wife, Anita Dobson, has revealed her husband’s reaction to the rumour that Queen bandmate Freddie Mercury has a secret daughter.

An upcoming biography about the frontman, penned by Lesley-Ann Jones, contains claims from a woman known as B that she is Freddie’s daughter, conceived during a fling with the wife of a close friend in 1976.

In the book – titled Love, Freddie: Freddie Mercury’s Secret Life and Love – it is claimed that those close to the singer, including his bandmates, were aware of his daughter’s, now 48, existence.

However, EastEnders icon Dobson, 76, revealed that she and her guitarist husband, 78, were left shocked by the claims.

‘Why wait this long? Brian thinks it’s a load of rubbish,’ she told The Telegraph.

‘I knew Freddie really, really well – I was a g

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