Spears safeguarded fortune before marriage

Britney Spears drew up legal documents before her marriage last year to prevent husband Kevin Federline inheriting any of her fortune in case she dies before drawing up a will.

The Toxic singer's mother Lynn, sister Jamie Lynn and brother Bryan would take control of a trust fund holding her millions, according to British newspaper the Daily Mirror.

This latest revelation is further evidence Britney is taking every care to safeguard her hard-earned fortune following her brief marriage to childhood friend Jason Alexander - she also made Federline sign a pre-nuptial agreement before their wedding.

A legal expert says: "It looks as though she was planning to use the trust to ring-fence her assets before getting married."