Tuesday, 16 September 2008

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Britney Spears' £2 million makeover

What it really took to get the pop princess back on form

Britney Spears has announced that her new album will be out on 2 December, her 27th birthday

When Britney Spears took to the stage at the MTV VMAs last week she looked every bit the star of old as she picked up 3 awards.

It was just a year before that she had put on a shambolic performance at the very same event, which had everyone questioning if her career was over.

It was only in January that the distraught, dishevelled 26-year-old was forced into hospital after a custody row over her sons Sean, 3, and Jayden, 2. Since that day her transformation has been months in the planning and far from cheap at £2 million.

Her father Jamie gets £5,000 per month for acting as her conservator and he employs a team of security guards at a cost of £100,000 to watch over her 24 hours a day.

Ex Kevin Federline gets £10,000 per month and she's had to pay his lawyer £125,000 and her own around £200,000. Along with other expenses, the legal costs of Britney’s recuperation have reached £1 million.

But it seems it's all been worthwhile and, after her VMAs triumph, the world is her oyster once again.

Britney's expenses for the past year

Hair: £10,000
Fitness: £20,000
Clothes: £100,000
Stylists: £20,000
Dad Jamie: £240,000
Medication and treatment: £20,000
Holidays: £440,000
Dance classes: £150,000
Lawyers: £1,000,000

TOTAL: £2,000,000

To read the full story see this week's issue of Now, dated 22 September