Britney Spears has a secret shrine to Justin Timberlake in her house

Britney Spears has a secret shrine to ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake in her house, it has been claimed.

Friends say the troubled chart star's home has a small room dedicated to the pop hunk. It features photographs of Timberlake - as well as mementos of their relationship.

A source said: "She's obsessed with him.

"She has pictures of them together and has devoted a private area just to celebrate him."

The insider told a US magazine that mum-of-two Spears, 26, spends hours each week attending to the memorial inside her $7.2 million, 7,400-square-foot Mediterranean-style villa in Los Angeles' Studio City.

Spears, whose divorce from ex-husband Kevin Federline was finalized in July 2007, ended her four-year relationship with Timberlake, 27, in 2002, amid rumours she had cheated on him.

They met while working as child performers on Disney's The Mickey Mouse Club.

A spokesman for Timberlake was unavailable for comment today.