Constance Hall has put her online fashion business into voluntary administration, revealing she was “drowning” in stress.
The mummy blogger took to social media on Thursday to announce to her 1.3 million followers she would be shutting down the inclusive Queen The Label over an outstanding loan and tax bill.
“I have put Queen The Label into voluntary administration,” she wrote in her social media post.
“I’m still coming to terms with losing the companies 300k subscribers and my car and the original investment of money. But this is the price for freedom and peace of mind.”
The 40-year-old said it was a “hard pill to swallow” but that she had “nothing left”.
“It’s broken my heart, I started the brand on revenue from my books and to have nothing left is a really tough pill to swallow,” she wrote.
“I feel like one of those clichés that wins lotto and then has nothing left a decade later.”
Hall went on to reveal that while all of the business’s suppliers and wages had been paid, an outstanding loan and tax bill — which she believed could be covered with a closing down sale — were the catalyst for the closure.
“I thought I could easily pay the…