Britney Spears is free, and Instagram is the go-to place for news of her plans, including her wedding announcement
- Britney Spears, finally free from her ‘abusive conservatorship’, is managing her own life, body and finances
- Fans, curious about her next moves, should visit her Instagram, where she regularly makes announcements
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After nearly 14 years living under a strict conservatorship she deemed abusive and exploitative, Britney Spears is free.
And now that a California court has lifted the controversial legal arrangement barring one of the world’s bestselling pop stars from managing her own life and finances, many fans are asking what’s next.
Speculation abounds – Kids? Travel? Suing her family? – but the answer is elusive, particularly given the guarded lifestyle Spears was legally bound to during more than a decade that saw her largely governed by her father, Jamie.
The magnetic superstar, who turns 40 on December 2, has not given an interview in years, rarely makes public appearances and last performed in October 2018.
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Today most of what the public knows about Spears – who soared to global fame as a teenager on a burst of hits including her breakout … Baby One More Time, before a highly publicised mental breakdown saw her become a paparazzi punching bag – comes from her eccentric Instagram account.
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