Britney Spears' Newfound Sanity Costs Parparazzi

Britney Spears' new and improved lifestyle has proved disastrous for the hoards of paparazzi who used to tail her around L.A.

Since the singer's father took control of her affairs in January, Britney's life appears to have changed for the better.

Gone are the days (and nights) of aimless driving, public 'breakdowns' and British accents, and in their place is a calmer, more in control Brit who rarely ventures out without her father.

And it's costing the photo agencies who used to rely on her erratic behaviour for 20% of their business dearly.

"She's boring. She doesn't even have a boyfriend," Francois Navarre, the co-owner of X17, tells the Los Angeles Times.

The advent of 'Boring Brit' has led agencies to downsize their street teams.

"At the height of the story, we had maybe six or eight guys on it [Britney] round the clock," Chris Doherty, owner of INF, told the publication.

"Now we would have at most two. There's no real point to being there all the time.”