Betty Boo on her love of Scotland and how she dreams of retiring here

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Betty Boo dreams of retiring to Scotland and revealed “I do feel Scottish”. The star, 53, while from London and known for her American-style rapping on 90s hits like Doin’ The Do, was born Alison Moira Clarkson and is proud of her Scots roots.She even used her granny’s name Betty as her pop moniker.She said: “Everytime I do go to ­Scotland, I do feel Scottish.

I just feel very at home there.”Now living in Wiltshire with her film producer husband Paul Toogood, she will be back here next month for the Let’s Rock Scotland festival at Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian, on a bill which also includes The Human League and Wet Wet Wet.She said: “All my mum’s side are ­Scottish and from Edinburgh.

She and my nanny moved down to London in the 60s but we used to go to Scotland a lot for our summer holidays.“I haven’t been back for many years but we used to go to Silver Sands outside Edinburgh.

For someone who was born in London, it felt like a different world.“I have hazy memories going to stay in Perth with other relatives.“My brother and I would stay there for the whole of the summer holidays and I remember playing out until midnight because it didn’t get dark.