Article: It's SuBo the diva; Now bodyguards and PAs surround the Scots singer.(News)

Byline: Phil Boucher

SIX months ago, she was an unemployed recluse living in a run-down semi with her cat Pebbles.

Now Susan Boyle needs two bodyguards and five personal assistants just to make it safely through an airport departure lounge.

In true diva style, Miss Boyle's entourage also used up an entire baggage trolley to ferry their luggage in Los Angeles Airport and at Heathrow.

Her frumpy frocks, meanwhile, have clearly been binned in favour of something more appropriate for a musical star - in this case, a stylish grey leisure suit and elegant blue scarf.

Miss Boyle, 48, from Blackburn, West Lothian, boarded the plane ...

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