It was no surprise therefore that Nelson Mandela was not her favourite South African leader.
She says her favourite book is Mornings In Jenin by the Palestinian American writer Susan AbulHawa.
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It involved just the fearless trainer and her favourite tiger, a magnificent 500-pound brute named Rajah.
She herself moved through the gardens like a ship in full sail, dressed in her favourite purple or sea-green gowns.
Earlier on Friday hundreds of people attended Jade's funeral at Bournemouth Crematorium, many wearing her favourite colours of pink and black.
Tyagi said her favourite part about leading book tours is watching readers interact with a world presented to them as one author has experienced it.
She said the mother, nicknamed Geraldine after Peter Kay's character Geraldine McQueen because she is "big and beautiful", was one of her favourite ewes.
Buckingham Palace said the Queen was taking her birthday weekend off to spend it with her family as well as to enjoy her favourite pastime - horseracing.
That was swiftly brushed aside as she moved onto her favourite territory and the one William Hague says he wants to dominate the election campaign - Europe.
This was a young woman who listed among her favourite films Shrek and The Full Monty, and who liked listening to The Beatles and reading Harry Potter books.
Another image of Miss Knox at the time of the murder is that of a non-drinker and non-smoker, who declared her favourite pursuits to be yoga and backpacking.
Ashleigh, a former Brownie and Guide, was a "typical teenager" who used to play her favourite music loud and dropped her clothes on the floor, her mother said.
He breaks down every time he remembers the fights he had with her, mostly over the television remote control - she preferred to watch soaps and Bigg Boss was one of her favourite programmes.
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It all seems very distant from those early years, when his first memories associated with radio are the nights he used to spend sitting on his grandmother's lap listening to her favourite news broadcast in Lima.
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With music by Gluck, her favourite composer, in the background, the softly lit room is lined with portraits of the queen's inner circle (including handsome Count Axel Fersen, with whom she may have had an affair).
Last year saw queues around the block as the sale prepared to open, with one woman at the head of the queue spending four days camping to ensure she got her hands on her favourite postcard.
With her cropped hair and gaunt face, Hathaway's teary version of I Dreamed a Dream had made her an Oscar favourite.
Mrs Thompson last spoke to her husband just after the game ended when he called to tell her he was heading to their favourite Cardiff pub.
In one, Kate is captured wearing a bikini and strolling on a beach with her husband on Mustique, a favourite destination of the Queen's late sister, Princess Margaret.
He had a "wonderful day", according to Mr Coles, and called his wife just after the game to tell her he was heading to their favourite Cardiff pub.
However, he "really, really wanted to play it" and to her surprise "the red dress was a favourite".
Today's edition of the Western Mail will have shown her that she is - it appears - their favourite too.
For Sotherton this entails a 50% pay cut, although her years at the top mean she remains a favourite with event organisers and sponsors.
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My favourite speech has to be the one when her son got lost in the desert.
Doug Charles-Ridler, co-owner of Winehouse's favourite Camden pub, The Hawley Arms, called her "a special person with a good soul, " adding, "this should not have happened".
They were a favourite of Peter Rabbit creator Beatrix Potter, who kept her own herds.
Golovin, who beat home favourite Venus Williams in the previous round, is trying to win her first title.
The trial heard that Dickson, the "favourite" of Mrs Cooper's three children, had taken over her finances.
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The defending champion left it late to finish second in her semi-final in a season's best 50.35 seconds behind favourite Sanya Richards (50.21).
But the final word goes to Eurovision favourite Jessica Garlick, who has also been popping up everywhere as she prepares for her big night in Estonia on Saturday.
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