Singer Charlotte Church has been married to her producer husband Jonathan Powell following her failed relationship with rugby ace Gavin Henson. She has three children. Let’s meet her family.
Charlotte Maria Church is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress, and television presenter from Cardiff.
Church first sang in public at age three; however, she captured national attention with her appearance on the British television program This Morning in 1997, on which she sung “Pie Jesu” from Requiem (1985), a composition by British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, over the telephone.
Church rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than 10 million records worldwide including over 5 million in the United States.
The 90s child star is now all grown up and a busy mum to her adorable kids. Here’s what we know about her spouse and children.
Who is Charlotte Church married to?
Charlotte Church was born Charlotte Maria Reed in Llandaff, a district of Cardiff in Wales on February 21, 1986. She celebrated her 35th birthday in 2021.
She is the daughter of Maria and Stephen Reed, a computer engineer. Her father walked out on Charlotte and her mother when she was just two, so was subsequently raised alone by her mother.
She has four siblings: two half-brothers from her biological father and two older step-siblings.
About her love life, Charlotte Church has been officially or legally married once to musician Jonathan Powell. They met in 2010 and started dating from there and eventually married in a secret woodland wedding in September 2017.
They wed at a registry office in Cardiff with just a handful of guests before throwing a special ceremony in the garden of their home.
A source told the Mail Online: “Charlotte and Jonathan have been in love for a long time and a wedding was always on the cards.
“They wanted to keep things low-key and swore all the guests to secrecy as they married under a tree. Jonathan has been a great influence on Charlotte, she has calmed down a lot since she met him.”
Before Powell, the singer was in a few relationships and even became a first-time mother with one of her ex-partners.
Several of Church’s previous relationships have courted press attention and controversy, notably her first two relationships with model and musician Steve Johnson and Kyle Johnson (no relation) who was later jailed for possession of heroin.
Her most publicised romantic relationship however was with Wales rugby player Gavin Henson who she dated from 2005 to 2010.
Who is Jonathan Powell, Charlotte Church’s husband?
Jonathan Powell is famous as the spouse of singer Charlotte Church.
The couple have been together for six years since 2017.
By profession, Jonathan Powell is a singer, songwriter, and producer and lives with Charlotte near the Welsh capital.
How many children does Charlotte Church have?
Charlotte Church is a mother and a proud one. Despite her success in the entertainment industry, her biggest achievement will forever remain being a mom.
She has three children – two daughters and a son. The names of her kids are Ruby Megan Henson, Dexter Lloyd Henson, and Frida Simone.
She had her first two children whom she shares with her ex-boyfriend rugby ace Gavin Henson at the ages of 21 and 23.
Their daughter Ruby who was born in September 2007, and son Dexter followed in January 2009. Gavin and Charlotte split in 2010.
With her youngest child, Frida, Charlotte welcomed her with her current spouse Jonathan, in August 2020.
Speaking on This Morning, Charlotte said: “She’s delicious, little miss Freda Simone. She’s almost 11 months now and she still is causing me some serious sleepless nights still.”
“I did love birth, but my third birth came and b**ch slapped me in the face. I was so unbelievably overconfident, because the first two times, I was 21 and 23, and my body knew just what to do,” Church said of her “quite simple” at-home births when she welcomed 16-year-old daughter Ruby and 14-year-old son Dexter, whom she shares with ex Gavin Henson while discussing motherhood on Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell podcast.
Church shared the first picture of Frida on Instagram in May. “My baby bear,” she captioned a photo of the adorable tot sitting on the kitchen table.
In August, Church shared a sweet video from Frida’s birthday celebration.
“Happy 1st birthday to my baby girl Frida for yesterday!” she wrote.