Britney Spears has admitted that she has a soft spot for X Factor runners-up JLS.

The princess of pop - who met the boys when she appeared on the show in November - says that she would love to date a British musician.

She said: “They are the cutest group of boys. I have the biggest crush on them and they were so polite and gentlemanly. I want to date a British man.

“A British singer? Man, that would be cool.”

A source told the Daily Star, “Britney loves British men and was quite taken with JLS.

“Apparently she’d love to go out with one of them, a proper snowy, Mary Poppins-style date, and Marvin is the one her people have mentioned.”

See Britney caroling below