Her expenses included fine clothes and gambling at cards, one of her favourite pastimes.

Her husband, Lord Darnley, had been murdered in apparent revenge for the assassination of Rizzio ( who was a favourite of Mary's ), upon which the Queen almost immediately married the chief suspect.

Her house on Mustique, designed by her husband's uncle the stage designer Oliver Messel, was her favourite holiday destination.

Her new husband was notorious for the patronage he lavished on his favourite, Piers Gaveston, but the queen supported Edward during these early years, forming a working relationship with Piers and using her relationship with the French monarchy to bolster her own authority and power.

Her symbol is a heart, her colours are pink, blue, white and gold, and her favourite sacrifices include jewellery, perfume, sweet cakes and liqueurs.

Her favourite sacrifices include black pigs, griot ( seasoned fried pork ), and rum.

Her favourite courtier was Emerentia von Düben ( 1669 – 1743 ), her old nurse, who had been ennobled and made lady-in-waiting in 1707 and with whom she had a close relationship all her life ; Düben acted as her advisor, her comfort and support, and was not said to have abused her influence-they were described as sisters.

Her favourite places were Cap Martin on the French Riviera, where tourism had started only in the second half of the nineteenth century ; Lake Geneva in Switzerland ; Bad Ischl in Austria, where the imperial couple would spend the summer ; and Corfu.

Her memorial portrait finished in 1764 after her death, but begun while she was alive, by her favourite portraitist, François-Hubert Drouais.

Her favourite writer was probably William Shakespeare, as the frequent quotations and allusions throughout her works indicate.

Her song, Piccadilly Circus, became a public favourite, even though she only achieved fourth place in the competition.

Her own favourite programmes were Dixon of Dock Green, Neighbours, and coverage of snooker.

Her favourite guise was that of a women's magazine reporter, trying to interview big business tycoons and rich playboys.

Even more so, Frances Brooke, the 10th Baron's wife and 11th Baron's mother, was a close personal favourite of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I.

Her Recollections of a Literary Life ( 1852 ) is a series of causeries about her favourite books.

Her incredibly fast angel Suzuka is a favourite contender in tournaments.

Her favourite books are the Harry Potter series, and she has a soft spot for cute things and small children.

Her distinctive voice has made her a favourite of TV and radio impersonators.

Her popularity even grew to the point she was briefly featured in her own spin-off in which she would choose her favourite nightmares entitles ' Ivy's Favourite Nightmares.

Her claim to the County of Artois was challenged by Robert III of Artois, who at that time was a favourite of King Philip VI.

Her character quickly became one of Australia's favourite villainesses with many fans referring to her six months on the show ( ending in April 2003 ) as the " Angie Era ".

Her favourite saying is: " My brother is a dead man!

Her favourite guitar is a left-handed Gibson Les Paul with cherry sunburst colour scheme.

" Her biggest mantra was perhaps, ' in your choices lies your talent ,' she would encourage actors to find the most grand character interpretation possible in a scene, another favourite phrase of hers regarding this was ' don't be boring.

Her favourite food was hibiscus flowers.

Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite her never winning a WTA singles title.

Her attacks include the Peach Bomber ( where she leaps forward, twirls and rams her hip into her opponent which causes an explosion ); her forward grab ( a massive slap that kills players at higher percentages ); her parasol ; using Toad as a human shield ; using golf clubs, tennis rackets, and frying pans as melee weapons ; and pulling turnips from the ground.

Her 22 singles titles mark the record for most Grand Slam wins by a tennis player ( male or female ) since introduction of the Open Era in 1968.

Her 6 – 3, 6 – 0 defeat of Gabriela Sabatini in a semifinal was described by veteran observer Ted Tinling as " probably the best tennis I've seen ".

Her parents divorced when she was three, and in 1962 her mother Jana married Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach.

Her winning percentage was the best ever for a post-1968 professional tennis player.

Her fiancé at the time, Jimmy Connors, won the Wimbledon men's singles title that year and media attention surrounded the " Love Match " of tennis that summer.

Her second book, a collaboration with tennis player Chris Evert called Lloyd on Lloyd, was released three years later.

Her dramatic victory is widely regarded as one of the great comebacks in tennis history.

Her tennis suffered and her slide down the standings began.

Her original ambition was to become a professional tennis player, at which point her headmistress pointed out to her " they'd never see you over the net ", but Paige continued to play tennis and has referred to the sport as one of her passions.

Her recreational interests include snow skiing, Alpine competitive skiing, bass fishing, scuba diving, tennis, golf, photography, American Literature, and traveling.

Her tennis background also came into play occasionally, and she was also from time to time seen having adventures with some of her students in Ojai.

Her parents were prominent table tennis players, her father, Adrian Haydon, having been British number 1 and a competitor at world championships between 1928 and 1953.

Her mother, Rauza Islanova, was her trainer when she was younger ; while her father is director of the Spartak tennis club in Moscow.

Her success as a junior player quickly made the tennis world take notice.

Her mother, who came from an Armenian family, was the best Bulgarian tennis player in the 1960s.

Her family had a table tennis set, and Anne and Margot frequently went to their house to play.

Her brother, Juan Ramon, is a tennis pro at a club and also serves as her coach and her sister, Marbella, works in administration.

Her father is a popular tennis coach by the name of Willem-Jan van Hulst.

Her stepfather announced that she had retired in March 2010, citing " lack of interest in tennis " as the primary reason.

" Her agent told me last week ... she's fed up with tennis and that's understandable.

Her father enrolled her in a tennis school, and hours of training started to pay off as she won several tournaments.