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 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 father wrote of it, " I see nothing in the way of a good appreciation of Louisa's merits as a woman and a writer.

Her parents were friendly with the writer Mark Twain, and from this association young Crystal herself became acquainted with Twain.

Her father was Herbert Bradley, a lawyer and naturalist, and her mother was Mary Hastings Bradley, a prolific writer of fiction and travel books.

Her son-in-law is Glenn Wilhide the producer and screen writer.

Her performance in the West End production of A Streetcar Named Desire, described by the theatre writer Phyllis Hartnoll as " proof of greater powers as an actress than she had hitherto shown ", led to a lengthy period during which she was considered one of the finest actresses in British theatre.

Her half-brother the artist and writer Quentin Bell eventually became the club ’ s secretary, and later wrote his aunt ’ s biography.

Her children are popular science writer and co-author Dorion Sagan, software developer and founder of Sagan Technology, Jeremy Sagan, New York City criminal defense lawyer Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma, and teacher and author Jennifer Margulis.

Her distinctive colours of blue with buff stripes were carried by horses such as Special Cargo, the winner of the 1984 Whitbread Gold Cup, and Devon Loch, which spectacularly halted just short of the winning post at the 1956 Grand National and whose jockey Dick Francis later had a successful career as the writer of racing-themed detective stories.

Her old house is now home to the writer and historian Geoffrey Ashe, who is known for his works on local legends.

Upon her death, writer Jean Cocteau observed in an obituary, " Her voice, slightly off-key, was that of the Parisian street hawkers — the husky, trailing voice of the Paris people.

Her co-star in the film was Jane Fonda ( playing writer Lillian Hellman ), who, in her 2005 autobiography, noted that:

Her actual capability to wield magic varies from writer to writer.

Her letters, consisting of her correspondence with the writer Guy de Maupassant, were published in 1891.

* Talking Heads ( Waiting for the telegram, A Chip in the Sugar, Bed Among the Lentils, A Lady of Letters, Her Big Chance, Soldiering On, A Cream Cracker Under the Settee ) ( also writer ), 1992

Her mother, Judith, was a writer and special needs tutor, and her father, the billionaire Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, chaired Louis Dreyfus Energy Services.

Her sister, Tracy Newman is an Emmy Award winning Television writer.

) Her critically acclaimed short stories and novels have secured her reputation as a major American writer.

Her first love affair was with an older man, the doctor and writer Axel Munthe, but she rejected his impulsive proposal of marriage because her spiritual beliefs were incompatible with his atheism.

Her personal name is unknown, but Taiwanese writer Bo Yang's book Zhongguo Diwang Huanghou Qinwang Gongzhu Shixi Lu ( 中國帝王皇后親王公主世系錄 ) mentioned that her name was Qi Yi ().

Her cover is research into Sheridan Le Fanu, an Anglo-Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels of the 19th century.

Her father, George Frame, worked for the New Zealand railways, and her mother Lottie ( née Godfrey ), served as a housemaid to the family of writer Katherine Mansfield.

Her younger sister, Aimee Graham, is also an actress and writer.

Her mother was Elaine Smith, a former showgirl, actress and writer of erotic novels, who used the stage names Helene Thornton and Heller Toren.

Her publicist friend Edward Lozzi told Vanity Fair writer Dominic Dunne that Clarkson had been working on a stand-up comedy act that he had witnessed.