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BIG Brother dimwit Brian is hiding a secret royal connection — he is a tribal PRINCE in his homeland of Nigeria.

Essex boy Brian, 20, was born in the West African country but was fostered by Briton Sue Wood when he was four months old.

And yesterday his cousin Natalie Smith, 21, revealed that Brian’s grandfather is a tribal KING. She said: “His biological grandad is well-known in Nigeria.

“I remember he came round to Sue’s house once in a limo. He had an entourage and was wearing an African-style outfit and a hat.

“He asked Brian to get on his knees, but his mum told him, ‘You’re not getting on your knees for anyone.’”

Asked whether Brian’s ancestry made him a tribal prince, Natalie — who went to secondary school with Brian and is related to his foster mother — replied: “Yes. Sometimes I wind him up about it, but he tells me to shut up.”

Brian’s parents began trying to get custody of him when he was five.

But when Brian reached the age of 11 he decided he wanted to continue living with Sue, now 53. She brought him up with her two biological sons.

Meanwhile, it emerged Brian is a hit in his home town of Basildon, Essex, as fans use his voice for mobile phone ringtones. It comes from a diary room challenge in which Brian was asked which play was not by William Shakespeare — Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew or Babe: Pig in the City.

He replied: “I don’t know who this geezer is, who’s meant to have written or directed all these things.

“I think that it’s Babe because they talk normal in that.”

His aunt Rhona, 42, said: “I’ve got the ringtone, his mum’s got it and loads of other people have too. It was a funny thing to say and it’s funny to hear his voice every time you get a call.”

Brian has become the bookies’ favourite to win with his gaffes and comments, including claiming he did not know the alphabet until a year ago. He said he thought women did not go to the toilet and called white housemates “yoghurt tops”.

But family friend Karen Beat, 45, said Brian is cleverer than he appears.

She said: “I’d be very surprised if he didn’t know who Shakespeare was, as he studied his plays at school. I think he’s playing the game. He’s gone in there to have fun and that’s exactly what he’s doing.”

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