Queen is now richer than the actual Queen thanks to Bohemian Rhapsody’s box office success (Metro)

The remaining members of Queen have been revealed to have more money than our head of state Queen Elizabeth herself.

The Sunday Times Rich List shows Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon have amassed a joint fortune of £445million, largely due to the 2018 box office smash hit Bohemian Rhapsody. As for Lizzie, she has a relatively paltry £370million to her name.

The band are thought to have made £25million each this year alone after the biopic earned a whopping $896.4million (£680.4million) globally.

Some of the money made can be attributed to streaming and record sales, as old Queen songs charted after audiences had watched Bohemian Rhapsody. Read more

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