Britney Spears thanks #FreeBritney supporters after dad's suspension from her conservatorship

Britney Spears thanked fans who have called for years to #FreeBritney for major changes in the conservatorship that has long controlled her life and money. Spears’ identical posts on  Twitter  and  Instagram  on Monday were her first public comments on the case since a judge  suspended her father  as conservator of her estate last week, a move she had long expressed hope for.

Spears has not been freed from the conservatorship entirely. The legal arrangement that has been in place since 2008 remains, minus her father, but it may be terminated at a 12 November hearing. While fans constantly search for cryptic comments on her conservatorship in her Instagram posts, the singer rarely writes directly about it on social media. Her attorney Matthew Rosengart has vowed to pursue an investigation of her father, James Spears, and his handling  of the conservatorship  even now that he has been removed. James Spears’ attorneys said there were no grounds for his removal, that his actions were always based on his daughter’s best interest, and that his suspension is a “loss for Britney.” (With inputs from The Associated Press)