James Blunt ‘changes name’ to budget airline after album lands at number 1

James Blunt has to change his name after a bet over cheese (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert/Euan Cherry)

James Blunt has ‘changed his name’ to Ryan Air after a bizarre bet with a stranger on the internet over his latest album.

The Celebrity Traitors star released his album Airplane Mode last week and has been pulling out all the stops to secure that number one spot.

According to this week’s Official Charts, the You’re Beautiful singer has managed to stick the landing and top the charts.

Unfortunately for James, his third number one album also means a name change, s...