No beau at Charlotte Church's birthday

LONDON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Charlotte Church's protective mother did not allow the 18-year-old British singer to invite her new boyfriend to her London birthday bash.

Maria Church asked her famous daughter to keep the guest list small, excluding Kyle Johnson, 19, Charlotte Church's new boyfriend, London's Mirror reported Tuesday.

"I asked Charlotte to limit it to a handful of girlfriends," said the Church matriarch, who organized her daughter's birthday party at the Cardiff hotel for 90 close friends and family.

Maria Church, 38, said she has not met Johnson yet, but she disapproved of her daughter's former boyfriend, Steven Johnson, who the elder Church suspected as being attracted to her daughter's wealth.

Charlotte Church reportedly is worth about $30 million, though the singer has said her fortune is closer to $10 million.

Charlotte ultimately dumped Johnson, admitting she is ashamed of her relationship with him.

"I'm still really naive and stupid. I'm too trusting of people but then that's me. I don't want to change my personality and the way I live," she said. "I was completely loved up, probably a bit too much. He cheated on me so I gave him the old heave ho."