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The Queen. Her like has not been seen before and I doubt it will ever be again.
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Prue Leith
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Desmond Tutu. If there is a God, He must find his Cape Town archbishop a big relief from the humourlessness of pontificating prelates.
Mark Gatiss
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Alan Bennett, because he has been such a huge influence on me.
Rita Wilson
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I really admire Bonnie Raitt. She is a singer songwriter who has been doing what she has been doing for so many years and she recently won the song of the year Grammy for Just Like That. I loved the validation that creativity never stops, you can keep doing the things that you love.
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Gloria Steinem, because her whole life has been spent trying to help people.
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I wish I could say sorry to my husband, because I couldn’t save him from his dementia.
Not having four children.
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