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BIGHEARTED John Barrowman has spent half a million pounds on a dream retirement home for his parents.

The star bought the property in the Californian desert retirement community of Palm Springs

Glasgow-born Barrowman is doing up another nearby home for himself so that he can be close to them.

He said: “Everything I have I owe to them.“My dad was a vice-president of a big company. Mum, a ‘house executive’ when we were growing up, managed things very well. I take it all from them.”

Palm Springs’ past residents have included Hollywood royalty like Elizabeth Taylor and Liberace, so the real-estate prices are among the most expensive in California.

Panto prince Barrowman, 48, awarded the MBE for services to light entertainment and charity, said he only wants the best for his mum Marion and dad John.

He said: “My dad always taught me to do things the best as you possibly can.”

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