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- | Britney Spears settles long-running legal dispute with estranged father, finally bringing ultimate end to conservatorship | + | Inside the tiny corner of Spain that lies in the middle of North Africa |
- | Britney Spears has reached a settlement with her estranged father more than two years after the court-orderd termination of a conservatorship that had given him control of her life, their attorneys said. | ||
- | The terms of the settlement | + | In ancient Greek and Roman legend, the Pillars |
- | “It has been our honor and privilege | + | One was on the Rock of Gibraltar, a pocket of British territory next to mainland Spain, and the other was Ceuta, a prominent outcrop on the North African coastline. |
- | “Ms. Spears | + | Today, Ceuta is a Spanish exclave, a piece of a country entirely surrounded by another, in this case Morocco. And while it may only be 18 miles from the Spanish mainland, |
- | Alex Weingarten, attorney for the singer’s father, told CNN, “Jamie is thrilled | + | Surrounded on three sides by water, Ceuta is protected by high medieval walls, stone citadels and barbed wire that all hint at its tumultuous history. |
- | “Jamie loves his daughter very much and worked tirelessly to protect her,” Weingarten said. “He wants the best for Britney, nothing less.” | + | With an area of just seven square miles and a population of around 85,000 people, this peninsula jutting abruptly into the Mediterranean Sea has been in the possession of Spain since 1580. |
- | Spears’ conservatorship was terminated back in November 2021. But the legal battles have persisted | + | But the exclave is more than just a colonial hangover; |
- | The star was placed under the court-ordered conservatorship in 2008 with her father serving as her conservator for the majority | + | “Ceuta |