Sting: 'I once saw a ghost'

Sting has claimed that he once saw a ghost in his old home.

The singer-songwriter told Claudia Winkleman that his wife Trudie Styler also saw the child-like apparition in their house.

Sting said: "I would never have said I believe in ghosts, until I saw one - and I've seen a ghost with my own eyes.

''I was in bed one night, a very old house I used to live in. And I woke up at three in the morning, bolt upright, looked into the corner of the room and thought I saw Trudie standing there with a child - our child - in her arms, staring at me."

He continued: "And I thought, 'Well, that's strange - why is she standing in a corner, staring at me?'. And I then reached next to me and there was Trudie, and I suddenly got this terrible chill.

"And she woke up and said 'Gosh, who is that?' and she saw this woman and a child in the corner of the room.''

He added: "A lot of things happened in that house, a lot of flying objects and voices and strange, strange things happened.

''When you live in old houses you get this energy there. Intellectually, no I don't believe in them , but I've experienced them on an emotional level.''

Sting made the comments in an interview that will air tonight at 10pm on Radio 2.