Pop star Britney Spears’ spur-of-the-moment wedding to a childhood friend has been annulled, her lawyer said tonight.

Britney Spears filed for an annulment today of her two-day-old marriage to a childhood friend, saying she lacked understanding of her actions when she got hitched on the spur of the moment.

A media frenzy has broken out over the "joke" marriage between Britney Spears and childhood friend Jason Alexander.

Pop star Britney Spears married a childhood friend from Louisiana in an early-morning ceremony – but quickly arranged to have it annulled, a source close to the singer said tonight.

Pop star Britney Spears married a childhood friend in a Las Vegas ceremony – a joke that went too far, according to reports today.

Pop star Britney Spears has married a childhood friend from Louisiana, according to news reports.