CLIFF RICHARD

LEGENDARY crooner Sir Cliff Richard hit the headlines this week after WINNING his privacy case against the BBC.

The 77- year- old claimed the BBC’s reporting of the 2014 raid, which was part of an investigation into historical child sex allegations, was a “serious invasion” of privacy.

But, aside from the doom and gloom of sex abuse, here’s ten things you might not know about the iconic singer… In the early 1990s, Cliff bought land in Portugal and hired several wine experts to help him start a vineyard. He then proceeded to make and release a wine called Vida Nova. His single ‘ Millennium Prayer’ hit number one in 1999. However, five years later, it was named the worst number one single of all time. Though Richard has been a citizen of the United Kingdom for most of his life. In 2010 he officially became a citizen of Barbados. During his career he’s had 14 Number One hits and is the only singer to have a number- one in five consecutive decades. Die- hard fan Samantha Booth was given a police warning after neighbours complained when she played his hits non- stop for more than 12 hours celebrating her idol being cleared of being a nonce. Since 1966 he’s given away a 10th of his income to various charities. He was actually born in Lucknow, India and his parents named him Harry Rodger Webb. Entrepreneur Harry Greatorex convinced his namesake to change his name to Cliff, to suggest a rock- y vibe. Ian Samwell, who wrote Cliff’s first single ‘ Move It’, came up with the Richard, in honour of Little Richard. Cliff was refused entry into Singapore for his long hair in 1971. Gardening expert Chris Beardshaw claimed that although Cliff might be a good crooner, his vocals are terrible for plants. He subjected flowers to Cliff’s warblings for 72 hours and they died.