Former child prodigy Charlotte Church admits she is ‘no longer a millionaire’ after selling Welsh mansion to move into a semi-detached home
A child prodigy who sang for the Pope, Charlotte Church amassed a fortune of £25 million at the age of 11.
But 27 years later, the Welsh singer has confessed her fortune is gone.
In an interview, Ms 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 home.
She also reflected on fame during her teenage years, revealing that it was her adopted father, James Church, who pushed her to stay in the spotlight she hated so much.
The mother-of-three said: “When I was making money, at the age of 14 I said to my father, ‘I’m not sure about this showbiz stuff. I’m not really having a good time,’ and he was like, “Just keep at it because we’re not going to get these opportunities.”
A child prodigy who sang for the Pope, Charlotte Church amassed a £25million fortune at the age of 11, but she has admitted she is no longer a millionaire.
In an interview, Mrs 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 reached a stage in my teens, about 16 or 17, when I thought, “I don’t know if I can do this anymore.”
Last year she had to downsize the £1.5 million purchase she made in 2013 and buy a semi-detached house.
Singing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Pie Jesu in her astonishing soprano voice on This Morning in 1997 launched the then 11-year-old to international fame and she went on to sell 10 million records.
She has performed for President Bill Clinton, Pope John Paul II and the late Queen and King Charles, earning her £52 million.
Mrs Church didn’t access her fortune until she was 18, but when she finally did, the singer didn’t hold back and said she would buy a £1million ruby-encrusted bra for the occasion.
It made Ms Church spend big and she spent more than £10,000 on a trip to Ibiza, where her friends paid for a private villa, bought all their drinks and hired 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 at the bottom to enjoy drinking sessions with her boyfriend.
The couple, dubbed the Posh and Beck of rugby, owned an £800,000 yacht moored at Swansea Marina before splitting in 2010.
Charlotte has performed for President Bill Clinton, Pope John Paul II and the late Queen and King Charles – earning her £52 million (pictured in May 2023)
Mrs Church didn’t gain access to her fortune until she was 18, but when she finally did, the singer didn’t hold back and said she would buy a £1 million ruby-encrusted bra for the occasion (pictured in December 2022)
But in 2013 she bought Mr Henson a five-bedroom property so he could live closer to their children Ruby and Dexter.
By 2014, her fortune had fallen to £11 million and she 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 tax man looks at my accounts and wonders where I hide all my money.”
Meanwhile, the former Voice of an Angel singer bought Rhydoldog House in 2021 with her husband Mr Powell, with whom she shares four-year-old daughter Freya, and turned it into a sanctuary for paying guests to ‘reconnect with themselves and the natural world’ .
The house, which she has renamed The Dreaming, is located just outside the rural market town of Rhayader.
However, to open the retreat, she had to create a series of planning battles and construction problems.
Meanwhile, the former Voice of an Angel singer bought Rhydoldog House in 2021 with her husband Mr Powell, with whom she shares four-year-old daughter Freya, and turned it into a sanctuary for paying guests to “reconnect with themselves and the natural world ‘. world’ (photo)
The house, which she has renamed The Dreaming (pictured), is located just outside the rural market town of Rhayader
Environment and planning chiefs raised particular concerns about its plans to treat and dispose of waste from four proposed log cabins, with the council’s ecology department warning of the shortcomings of many ‘private sewage treatment systems’.
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, walking and strength and conditioning classes available – with a hot tub, plunge pool and open-air cinema.
She is launching her first BBC podcast Kicking Back with the Cardifiians and the singer-songwriter will discuss her Welsh heritage, family and culture on the platform.