As a child prodigy who sang in front of the Pope, Charlotte Church amassed a fortune of £25 million by the time she was 11.
But 27 years later the Welsh singer has confessed that her wealth has disappeared.
In an interview, Mrs Church, now 38, said: “I’m no longer a millionaire” after being forced to sell her £1.5million mansion to downsize to a semi-detached house.
She also reflected on fame during her teenage years and revealed that it was her adoptive father, James Church, who pushed her to stay in the spotlight she hated so much.
The mother-of-three said: “When I made money, I told my dad when I was 14, ‘I’m not sure about this showbiz stuff.’ I’m really not having a good time,” and he was like, “Keep it up because we don’t get these opportunities.”
As a child prodigy who sang in front of the Pope, Charlotte Church amassed a fortune of £25 million by the time she was 11, but admitted she is no longer a millionaire (pictured in 1999).
In an interview, Church, now 38, said: “I’m not a millionaire anymore” after being forced to sell her £1.5million mansion to downsize to a semi-detached house.
“I got to a stage in my teens, around 16 or 17, where I was like, ‘I don’t know if I can do this s**t anymore.'”
Last year he had to downsize on his £1.5million home he bought in 2013 and bought a semi-detached house.
Singing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Pie Jesu in her stunning soprano voice on This Morning in 1997 propelled the 11-year-old to international stardom and she went on to sell 10 million records.
He performed opposite the likes of President Bill Clinton, Pope John Paul II and the late Queen and King Charles, earning him £25 million.
Church wasn’t able to access her fortune until she was 18, but when she finally did, the singer didn’t hold back and claimed she would buy a ruby-encrusted bra worth a million pounds for the occasion.
This sent Church into a big spending spree and she spent more than £10,000 on a trip to Ibiza with her friends paying for a private villa, buying all their drinks and hiring a personal driver.
While dating Welsh rugby star Gavin Henson, she bought a house in Cardiff worth £500,000 at the age of 20 and installed a bar downstairs to enjoy drinking sessions with her boyfriend.
Nicknamed the Posh and Beck of rugby, the couple owned an £800,000 yacht moored at Swansea Marina before separating in 2010.
Charlotte performed in front of the likes of President Bill Clinton, Pope John Paul II and the late Queen and King Charles, earning her £52 million (pictured May 2023)
Church wasn’t able to access her fortune until she was 18, but when she finally did, the singer didn’t hold back and declared she would buy a ruby-encrusted bra worth a million pounds for the occasion (pictured December 2022 ).
But in 2013, she bought Mr Henson a five-bedroom property so he could live closer to his children Ruby and Dexter.
By 2014, his wealth had fallen to £11 million and he said in a documentary: “I will have to work for the rest of my life, not because I want to but because I have to.”
“The taxman is looking at my accounts wondering where I’m hiding all my money.”
Meanwhile, the The former Voice of an Angel singer bought Rhydoldog House with her husband Mr Powell, with whom she shares a four-year-old daughter, Freya, in 2021 and turned it into a retreat for paying guests to “reconnect with them themselves and with the natural world.
The house, which he has renamed The Dreaming, is on the outskirts of the rural market town of Rhayader.
However, to open the retreat he had to overcome a series of planning battles and construction problems.
Meanwhile, the former Voice of an Angel singer bought Rhydoldog House with her husband Mr Powell, with whom she shares four-year-old daughter Freya, in 2021 and turned it into a retreat for paying guests to “reconnect” with themselves and with what is natural”. world’ (pictured)
The house, which he has renamed The Dreaming (pictured), sits on the outskirts of the rural market town of Rhayader.
Environmental and planning bigwigs expressed particular concern about his plans for the treatment and disposal of waste from four proposed log cabins, with the local council’s ecology department warning of the shortcomings of many “private water treatment systems.” residuals”.
The seven-bedroom mansion has three floors, a helicopter landing and a 200-year-old barn on its 47 acres.
It’s a wellness retreat with cycling, archery, foraging, hiking and strength and conditioning classes available, with a hot tub, plunge pool and outdoor cinema.
She will launch her first BBC podcast Kicking Back with the Cardifiians and the singer-songwriter will discuss her Welsh heritage, family and culture on the platform.