CHARLOTTE Church has revealed she’s no longer a millionaire and has downsized her home to life a more modest, humble lifestyle.
The star shot to fame when she was just a teenager, dubbed ‘Voice Of An Angel’ with her classical singing, and raked in millions when she later became a pop star with songs including Crazy Chick.
Charlotte later bought The Spinney, a six-bedroom rural mansion in her native Wales, and started The Arwen Project, which is described as “a rural, educational, environmental project in Wales, offering experiential learning for mainly young people”.
The massive house includes a park-sized garden, a piano room, a customised bookcase automatically opening to reveal a perfectly hidden lounge, and nature-inspired decor.
She also bought Rhydoldog House in Powys, turning it into a nature-based wellness retreat for women, putting £1.5million into the venture.
But in March this year she was seen selling up The Spinney – earning a near £1million profit.
READ MORE CHARLOTTE CHURCH
But in a new interview with Closer Magazine, Charlotte says she no longer has that kind of money, after years of effort to renovate it.
Some of those renovations were captured for TV show Dream Build.
“I am not a millionaire anymore,” she said. “What mattered to me when I bought The Spinney is it was absolutely beautiful and close to the forest and it was a big mansion house.
“We had a school there for a bit and a studio. When it is used by the community, it makes sense, but when it is not used, it doesn’t. We want to be in the mainframe and be involved in life and what it feels like.”
Most read in Showbiz
“I was very fairy-tale-like and then it gets into this dark, twisted fairy tale,” she said of her decision to sell up.
“When I think back on it now, the path I am on is very interesting in the way I reflect rather than the way I look at what happened to me.”
“When I made money, I did say to my dad when I was 14, ‘I am not sure about this showbiz stuff. I am really not having a good time’ and he was like, ‘Just stick at it as we don’t get these opportunities’.” she continued.
“I did get to a stage in my teenage years, about 16 or 17, when I was like, ‘I don’t know if I can sing this s** t anymore’, but going around the world and singing in the biggest concert halls was phenomenal and I will be grateful for that experience.
“It’s the biggest tool for healing and the biggest tool we have for togetherness.”
Charlotte also revealed she was making music again after decades away, saying it was “her soul” and that the money has allowed her to be free to try new things,
“Now I am able to do things that I am passionate about,” she said.
“I have this retreat in mid Wales and it is lush. It’s just the way my brain works, thinking about society and thinking about utopian futures and what the world needs.
“I feel deep at the core of my purpose, it is about healing and it always has been singing classical songs. People felt soothed by that. It is a deep part of my purpose.”
