Betsy

“Diversity and inclusion are the cornerstone of high organizational performance,” Betsy DeVos continued, adding that all people were welcome in the Department of Education.

Betsy Griffin, from Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, has flown to Berlin to take part in the competition today.

Betsy wrote her song, I Won't Let This Simple Curse Get Me Down, a few years ago as a way to get all her "frustrations out about me having a brain tumour", which she was diagnosed with when she was two.

Betsy said she had always loved music and it had helped her connect with her family, and "all the time I sit at the piano and come up with tunes".

Although she has performed "quite a few times on stage", Betsy has never been abroad before, and she said she was looking forward to spending time with her dad and "having some apple strudel".