Potter conjures up a royal fortune

The Financial Times Says the latest edition of the Sunday Times newspaper’s list of the UK’s richest people estimates J.K. Rowling’s fortune at £280m ($160m) – £30m more than the figure listed for the personal wealth of the Queen.

The 37-year old author comes in at number 122, the ninth-richest woman in the list and the highest placed female not to amass her wealth by marriage or inheritance.