Charlotte Church boycotting festival in solidarity with Palestine [Video]

Charlotte Church has been praised for refusing to perform at this year’s Hay Festival in solidarity with Palestine.

The acclaimed singer, 38, was set to perform at this year’s 11-day Hay-on-Wye event alongside the likes of Spice Girl Geri Horner and Bonnie Tyler.

But the Crazy Chick hitmaker, who has been a vocal supporter of a ceasefire amid conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, has boycotted the festival to protest one of its sponsors.

She posted a lengthy statement to Instagram announcing she was pulling out of her performance while taking aim at the ‘hypocrisy’ of receiving sponsorship from a company with links to Israel and the fossil fuel industry.

‘I’m scheduled in to talk at the Hay Festival with the brilliant Mary Loudon this weekend,’ she began. ‘However, due to the continuing sponsorship of the festival by asset manager Baillie Gifford, I will be boycotting and not attending in …