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British singing sensation Susan Boyle will be moving out of her childhood home in Scotland and into a tony apartment in the "wealthy Chelsea area" of London, reports Britain's The Sun. The move could happen as early as this summer.

It's a bit surprising considering Boyle's statements just a few months ago that she had no plans to leave her modest Scottish home because her 11-year-old cat Pebbles wouldn't like relocating. "She's lived there all her life and cats hate upping sticks," Boyle told The News of the World. 48-year-old Boyle is very attached to her cat, and being reunited with Pebbles was the first thing on her mind after she collapsed last year from exhaustion and was admitted to a London clinic.

But then, stalkers were spotted in the yard of Boyle's home in Scotland, and one even entered the home, reports The Sun, adding that executives at her record label -- Simon Cowell's SyCo -- have been pleading with her to move ever since. In a sign that a move to London might have been inevitable, in February, Pebbles was relocated to London to live with an elderly retired accountant who received $9 per day for caring for the cat while Boyle traveled and worked. (Boyle reportedly earned over $7 million dollars last year from sales of her "I Dreamed a Dream" album, which was released in November 2009.)

Just this week, The Sun reported that Boyle's management team was hunting for the perfect London apartment for the songstress and her beloved cat. "She has now agreed to move to a place in the city, where she'll stay when busy working," a source tells The Sun. "The flat will be cat-friendly, so she can take Pebbles too."

Has fame already changed Susan Boyle? The singer once made headlines for being a bit of a crazy cat lady. These days she's so busy traveling the globe that she's moved her beloved cat, Pebbles, out of her house, TVNZ reports.

Susan Boyle rocketed to fame after stunning the world with her voice on the U.K. television show "Britain's Got Talent." But last summer, Boyle had a breakdown over her cat Pebbles, the Daily Mail reported at the time. After throwing a tantrum in a Liverpool hotel, in which the confused singer screamed repeatedly that she needed her cat, 48-year-old Boyle missed a concert and was ordered by doctors to get some rest.

Just look at Boyle now. These days the jet-setting vocalist is touring the world, and has moved Pebbles out of her home in West Lothian, Scotland, and into the home of a retired accountant in London, TVNZ reports.

According to that report, Boyle's mentor, Simon Cowell, helped find the cat temporary new digs, since Boyle was so rarely home. Her new caregiver, 76-year-old Pamela Eaton-Browne, gets $9 per day to care for the cat, according to TVNZ. The 11-year-old Pebbles has been living with Eaton-Browne since July, and is lavished daily with treats like premium wet food, chicken and fish.

With Boyle and her cat in the news yet again, fans are jumping to defend her. "There is no need to blow this out of proportion -- Pebbles is temporarily living with retired accountant Pamela Eaton-Browne whilst Susan is travelling all the time," notes the Susan Boyle fan site.

What do you think? Is this a case of a cat abandoned for fame and fortune, or is Susan Boyle once again the victim of media scrutiny overload?