Freddie Mercury’s collection of ‘splendid things’ up for auction

Items belonging to Queen singer on sale include costumes, handwritten lyrics and a moustache comb

For more than 30 years, Freddie Mercury’s London home has been untouched, a shrine to the legendary superstar of the rock band Queen who died in 1991 at the age of 45.

Now its contents – from Mercury’s dazzling stage costumes and handwritten lyrics to paintings and beautiful objects collected on his travels – are to go on show in London, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong ahead of being sold at auction.