Bake Off judge Prue Leith’s links to Scotland and how her husband wooed her with a haggis
dailyrecord.co.ukDame Prue Leith is proud of her many links to Scotland. The Great British Bake Off judge has roots in Caithness and the Borders and is married to a Scots man who wooed her with some haggis.
Born in South Africa, the 84-year-old's grandparents on both sides were Scottish and she's previously opened up about her love for the country, and revealed she's a proud wearer of the Leith tartan whenever she gets a chance.
Scotland is never far from the star's thoughts, as Prue previously told the Daily Record: “I love Scotland. It’s never far from my thoughts.
The connections are very deep. My mother’s family come from Douglas. Legend is they were border cattle thieves and my father’s family come from Wick in Caithness.“My mother was born in South Africa but she loved Scotland and we always went there for holidays.“At one point she wanted me to marry a distant cousin and I swear the only reason she wanted me to marry him was because he was Scottish.
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