Pregnancy was 'the closest I came to death', says singer Florence

The award-winning singer speaks candidly about life-saving surgery after complications with an ectopic pregnancy while on stage in Cornwall. Casey Cooper-Fiske reports

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FLORENCE And The Machine singer Florence Welch has said her pregnancy was "the closest I came to death

The 39-year-old revealed she suffered a miscarriage in August 2023, before an ectopic pregnancy on stage at a festival in Cornwall which caused internal bleeding.

She told The Guardian: "The closest I came to making life was the closest I came to death and I felt like I had stepped through this door, and it was just full of women, screaming."

Welch said her pregnancy was initially a "big shock" as she was about to turn 37, but said it "felt magical".

She continued: "I think, because it was my first time being pregnant, and it was my first miscarriage, I was like, 'OK, I've heard this is part of it. I spoke to my doctor and they are not generally dangerous. Devastating, but not dangerous.