This footage was filmed and produced 24 October 2023.

Britney Spears’ memoir was given a riotous launch party in London with drag and burlesque artists performing to some of her biggest hits.

Copies of The Woman In Me were handed out at midnight at the Mrs Riot bar, following an evening celebrating Spears’ resilience and survival as well as her songs.

Moments earlier, mother of the house Margo Marshall whetted fans’ appetites by reading an extract from the book where Spears talked about her special relationship with the gay community which she says gave her “unconditional love”.

The reading included a passage where Spears described the support given to free her from a conservatorship as “a debt I can never repay”.

Marshall, who compered the event, had earlier told the crowd at the venue in the Covent Garden area of central London: “I grew up in a tiny little town.

Drag performer Margo Marshall reads an extract from book.

Interviews with burlesque performer, Cleopantha; drag performer, Lucinda Behind.