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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/somali-pirate-couple-sell-story.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Freed hostages Paul and Rachel Chandler have sold their story" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-somali-pirate-couple-sell-story.jpg" alt="Freed hostages Paul and Rachel Chandler have sold their story"/></a></p>
<p>Freed hostages Paul and Rachel Chandler have sold the story of how they were kidnapped by Somali pirates in a deal worth an estimated £500,000.</p>
<p>In a statement, the retired couple, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, said they had opted to give interviews with one broadcaster and one newspaper.</p>
<p>The price agreed has not been divulged. But PR expert Max Clifford said he believed the story was worth around half a million pounds.</p>
<p>The Chandlers said the money would go towards repaying &#8220;certain immediate debts&#8221; resulting from their &#8220;unfortunate and troubling episode&#8221;.</p>
<p>The couple were freed earlier this month after more than a year in captivity during which they were beaten by their captors.</p>
<p>They were snatched during a round-the-world sailing trip, when their 38-foot yacht, the Lynn Rival, was stormed by armed men.</p>
<p>A ransom, reportedly paid by a mixture of private investors and the Somali government, secured their release and ended the 388-day ordeal.</p>
<p>It has been suggested that two payments totalling around one million dollars (£620,000) were made to the Chandlers&#8217; captors.</p>
<p>The UK government has stressed that it did not contribute to the ransom payout.</p>
<p>In a statement, the Chandlers said that they had sold their story to recoup some of the costs they have incurred.</p>
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