Charlotte was invited to a party thrown by Justin Timberlake, and she turned up with a bunch of her girlfriends. Little did she know that her ex Steven Johnson and his new girlfriend would be there, which begs the question how the blazes did he get in? Not being funny, but he isn’t exactly famous, and his new girl’s best claim to fame seems to be she shared saliva with footballer Sol Campbell. But anyway.

Charlotte and Steven exchanged a few frosty looks, and as she went to walk past him she reportedly slipped on a stray vol-au-vent and skidded across the dance floor. Has anyone else just closed their eyes in sympathy? Apparently Tamzin burst into loud laughter and mimicked her stumble across the floor, a grown up response I’m sure you’d agree.

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Charlotte dumps boyfriend - 08/12/03
Charlotte Church has dumped her love rat boyfriend and has gone home to mum.

The 17-year-old star discovered that boyfriend Steven Johnson was cheating on her with a model, and kicked him out of their Cardiff penthouse flat. Not a girl to do things by halves, she also packed his bags and dumped them outside his parent’s house, before going home to mum.

Mum Maria has always been vocal in her disapproval of Charlotte’s boyfriend, ever since he apparently tried to sell sex secrets of him and Charlotte to tabloids for ?100,000. Maria said ’Charlotte is very upset and it hurts me that he has hurt her like this. I never liked him but she loved him so much’

Charlotte to ’retire’? - 04/12/03
At the tender age of 17 Charlotte Church is considering her future, and whether to pack it all in to start a family...

The young soprano has revealed that she is seriously thinking about leaving the limelight and starting a family. (Don’t do it!) The multi-millionaire singer wants to leave music behind and spend her days ’chilling’ with her family and her dogs.

’I don’t want to be around for too long - I intend to retire and enjoy life,’ she told Oxford Student magazine. Mind you with a ?16million fortune she will receive at the age of 18, chilling should be able to come naturally!

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Charlotte’s Oxford speech! - 24/11/03
Charlotte Church doesn’t rate Victoria Beckham’s singing, and wants under 18’s to have privacy from the media.

Charlotte was asked to speak at the Oxford Union, where the poised 17-year-old star gave a talk on the subject of press intrusion, and has launched a campaign for the rights of under 18 stars to have more privacy. She highlighted her own problems with living in the glare of the media spotlight, and the issues on her smoking, boyfriend and the lawsuit against her former manager.

But what got everyone talking the most was when she was asked if there was any singer she didn’t really admire and Charlotte answered "I don’t think Victoria Beckham has got a very good voice."