Mr Gray claimed that top of the list was one of the smallest UK universities, Abertay in Dundee.

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During the date at a London hotel, Mr Gray got to ask Britney a list of questions, but the meeting was far from intimate - in front of her 15-strong entourage and numerous television cameras.

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