Freddie Mercury's piano sold for €2m to raise cash for AIDS research

A baby grand piano once owned by Freddie Mercury has sold at auction for almost €2m along with the original manuscript for Bohemian Rhapsody

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00:00 The baby grand piano Queen frontman Freddie Mercury used to compose almost all of his

00:06 greatest songs including Bohemian Rhapsody have been snapped up at auction in London.

00:12 The piano went for almost 2 million euros and the manuscript for 1.5 million euros.

00:18 A record 2,000 bidders from 61 countries registered to take part in the sale of thousands of Mercury

00:24 memorabilia items.

00:25 Some of the money will go to the Mercury Phoenix Trust and the Elton John AIDS Foundation,

00:30 both aimed at fighting AIDS.

00:32 Thank you very much indeed.

00:33 (whooshing)