May 7, 2003 • 1 min read

Charlotte Church will be able to spend her fortune next year

Charlotte Church will be able to access her £16 million trust fund at 18 rather than 21, her lawyers confirm, and she says she intends to spend it.

Charlotte Church will be able to access her amassed fortunes next year when she turns 18, despite being told the trust fund into which £16 million of royalties and fees have been paid couldn't be accessed until her 21st birthday. In another row between Church and her parents the teenage superstar's lawyers have confirmed Church's trust fund will become her responsibility when she turns 18 and if she wants to tap into it that is her decision.

Talking about the trust fund Church has told The Face magazine: "My parents brainwashed me - 'No, you can't do it when you're 18, it's 21! 21! 21!' But they were wrong. And I'm not going to wait. There's no point leaving millions. I want to spend a lot of it while I'm alive".

Talking of her relationship with her parents, and especially her mother, she added: "We argue and sometimes we just don't talk. Then one of us caves in after about a week - usually me. I miss her too much. I have to keep two separate sides of my life and it's sad."

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