A judge in California has freed Britney Spears from the conservatorship that has controlled her financial affairs and many other aspects of her life for the last for the past 14 years.
The arrangements, put in place after the singer's battle with mental health and substance abuse, come to an immediate end.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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