€180m fortune will not go to my children

Pop icon Sting has revealed his children will not inherit his £180 million (€22m) fortune — and told of his fear that his riches are "albatrosses round their necks".

The former frontman of The Police grew up in a working class family in Wallsend, North Tyneside and has gone on to become one of Britain’s wealthiest musicians.

But in an interview with the Mail on Sunday magazine Event, he revealed he has told his six children not to expect to inherit much money because he doesn’t believe in trust funds.