[4][5] In recent years, Church has embraced political activism, supporting Jeremy Corbyn when he led the Labour party, Plaid Cymru in the Senedd elections, and the cause of Welsh independence.

Her first album, Voice of an Angel (1998), was a collection of arias, sacred songs, and traditional pieces that sold millions worldwide and made her the youngest artist with a No.

The song's full-length video, featuring Church, won acclaim at the Detroit Auto Show and introduced her to new fans.

In 2002, at 16, she released a "best of" album called Prelude, and took part in the Royal Christmas tour alongside Dame Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, marking the end of her classical music career.

In 2003 Church teamed up with trance music producer Jurgen Vries to sing vocals on his track "The Opera Song (Brave New World)".

According to her publicist, this was a mutual decision reached after a series of meetings throughout the year, which were held since her six-album contract had ended.

In 2007, Church became Patron of the charity The Topsy Foundation UK,[13] helping to raise awareness and funds for its work to support rural communities in South Africa, empowering people infected with and affected by HIV and AIDS, through medical care, social support and skills development.

In an interview, she mentioned she would be ready to work on more music in a few months, although she was not sure whether she would further develop her career in classical, pop, or both, as she loved both genres for different reasons.

Church appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 13 March 2010, where she confirmed that she had already begun writing and recording her sixth studio album.

"Back to Scratch" was originally inspired "by problems facing a family member", but Church admitted in a press release that the song now has resonance to her own personal life following her split from Gavin Henson.

[16] Back to Scratch also featured the song "The Actors", which Church performed on BBC One talent contest Over the Rainbow, and a cover of Joni Mitchell's "River".

[16] It was announced on 13 March 2011 that Church had ended her US$3 million deal with Power Amp Music over promotional disputes.

Her spokesperson released the following statement: "All I can really say, because of the confidentiality issues, is that it was in Charlotte's financial interests to do so before the agreement entered the second year of its term.

On 26 May 2012, Church premiered three new songs "The Rise", "How Not to be Surprised When You're a Ghost", and "Say It's True" on BBC Radio with Bethan Elfyn.

[17] On 19 December 2012, Church released the lead single from her second EP, "Glitterbombed" on The Line of Best Fit, an online music magazine.

In 2005, she played herself in an episode of The Catherine Tate Show, in a sketch with the fictional character Joanie Taylor ("Nan").

In December 2005, for The Paul O'Grady Show Christmas pantomime, The Wizard of Oz, Church played Dorothy Gale.

[citation needed] In 2014 Church performed as Mrs Ogmore Pritchard in a BBC adaptation of Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas.

[43] At the 2015 Glastonbury Festival, she chaired a conversation with two members of Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot.

[45] In May 2016, she declared her support for the Welsh nationalist party, Plaid Cymru, in the National Assembly for Wales election.

[50] Church's personal life and relationships were reported on by UK tabloid newspapers, inspiring the song "Let's Be Alone" on her album Tissues and Issues (2005).

"[56] In 2007, Church made another appearance on a British young people's rich list with her then-boyfriend, Welsh rugby player Gavin Henson.

[57] On 27 February 2012, Church accepted £600,000 in damages and costs in settlement of a lawsuit arising out of the News International phone hacking scandal.

[58] News International's owner, Rupert Murdoch, had convinced Church in 1999 to waive a performance fee in return for "good press".

The couple then bought a manor with a 20-acre (8 hectare) small holding in the Vale of Glamorgan in the village of St Brides Major.

The couple had mentioned wanting to marry numerous times on talk shows and in the press;[61] they became engaged in February 2010.

On 4 October that year, Church and Powell secretly married at a register office in Cardiff,[68] before blessing their marriage with an intimate ceremony in front of family and friends under a tree at their home in Twyncyn, Dinas Powys.

[69] In 2019, Church founded The Awen Project,[70][71] a life learning and educational charity with access to nature in a secluded environment, starting with an initial pupil roll ambition of up to 20 children.

Church had originally planned to give birth under a tree in their garden, but as the weather changed they moved indoors.

[76][77][78][79] In February 2022, Church was the subject of Kate Garraway's Life Stories, revealing that she had made a decision to quit music in 2002.