Welsh soprano Charlotte Church, the best-selling child prodigy whose career has taken her from classical music to the pop charts, has been vociferously protesting the Conservative party, which prevailed in the recent U.K. election.
As NME reports, Church, 29, has written a frankly critical open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, participated in a Cardiff protest, and challenged a right-wing journalist to a charity boxing match after a Twitter tiff.
Church says she's not speaking out to be "self-aggrandizing," but rather wants simply to "make a difference." In response to critics who call the multi-million-selling singer a "Champagne socialist," Church shot back, "I'm more of a prosecco girl, myself."
Photo via Charlotte Church on Facebook
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