James Blunt: 'Why I sold my sister on eBay'

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However, in a bizarre confession to men's magazine GQ this month the 'You're Beautiful' singer admitted that he once sold his sister on an internet auction site.

The singer committed this seemingly callous act while struggling with his terrible addiction to eBay, he admitted.

"The stupidest thing I've ever sold is my sister, on eBay", Blunt tells this month's GQ.

"I was waiting for my first album to come out and ended up selling pretty much everything I owned on eBay. I had a mild addiction."

However, fear not, James' gloss of toothy 'nice-guy' charm remains intact. Gallant hero that he is, he was just trying to help of course.

"I came back to the flat where my sister was staying and she was crying because she couldn't get to a funeral in Ireland" he explains.

"The planes were on strike, the ferry was out of season and there were no trains."

"I ended up whacking it on eBay: 'Damsel in distress seeks knight in shining armour! Desperate to get to a funeral in southern Ireland, please help!' The bids flooded in and the guy who won had a helicopter. He flew her to the funeral."

In a bizarre turn of fate (that surely James is just waiting to transform into another cloying hymn to love) his sister and the 'knight in shining armour' ended up getting married three years later.

In true 'you couldn't make it up' fashion, James Blunt's sister's new husband turned out to be millionaire Guy Harrison. Guy was the Fathers4Justice campaigner who became famous after throwing a purple condom filled with flour at Tony Blair in the House of Commons.