Tragic feud over Freddie Mercury's fortune: How Queen singer's 'wife' quietly took control of his millions - and his ashes - as 'devastated' sister spends £3M secretly buying his treasured possessions

Tragic feud over Freddie Mercury's fortune: How Queen singer's 'wife' quietly took control of his millions - and his ashes - as 'devastated' sister spends £3M secretly buying his treasured possessions

Following the Queen star's death at 45 in 1991, the main beneficiary of his estimated £200million fortune wasn't his close family, or the man he shared his life with, but his close friend Mary Austin.

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