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Freddie Mercury's 'wife' Mary Austin 'set to receive £187.5m windfall following the sale of Queen's back catalogue after record-breaking £1billion deal with Sony'


Freddie Mercury's 'wife' will come into another multi-million pound windfall following the record-breaking sale of the Queen backlog to Sony for £1billion.

Queen reportedly sold their iconic back catalogue of hits for a whopping £1Billion pounds following a bidding war (L-R Roger Taylor, John Deacon, Freddie Mercury and Brian May) Springsteen's deal was inked before a string of other artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Justin Bieber, also bagged hundreds of millions of dollars for their own collections. Springsteen's deal in 2021 was inked before a string of other artists including Bob Dylan , Neil Young and Justin Bieber , also bagged hundreds of millions of dollars for their own collections

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