Melanie Brown says she had to shop at Aldi and Lidl after her split from ex-husband Stephen Belafonte. The 48-year-old told the British tabloid “The Sun’ according to a report published on Saturday.

She only had 700 pounds (around 820 euros today) in her pocket when she left her then husband in 2017 and returned to Great Britain from the USA. Brown received a royal honor in 2022 for her work against domestic violence. Queen's grandson Prince William presented her with the "Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire"