Llama drama

Michael kept several exotic pets but his insistence at bringing his llama Louie into the recording studio scuppered a planned collaboration with the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.

Queen's manager Jim 'Miami' Beach recalled in 2012 documentary Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender: "Mercury rang me and said, 'Miami, dear, can you get over here?' You've got to get me out of here, I'm recording with a llama."