Freddie Mercury called Mary Austin his "queen" and left her his music royalties after they split, worth over $600 million. Austin knew Mercury was gay but stayed close to him for decades, becoming one of the richest women in rock history through his estate.
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Well, Mary Austin is married to Freddie from the group Queen. Now everybody knew Freddie was gay, including her. She did not care if Freddie was gay. Apparently this is one of the wealthiest bands out there still to this day. Now after 3 years of them being together publicly, she tells a story saying that Freddie came to her saying that he thinks that he was bisexual, right? And she said, no, I think you're gay. And he said, you're right. Okay, so they ended up separating, but he still referred to Mary as his queen. And so when he decided to transition, okay, um, he left Mary all of his royalties and everything. She has collected over $600 million in royalties that he left to her. Mary needs— she needs a husband or something right now. She can't spend all that money by herself.