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Also voted 16th in the 100 Greatest Britons poll of 2002 (in fact the first living person on the list)...so not everyone feels the same way as you.

I quite like the her quote: “If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.”

This shows more about the people who

a) can be bothered to vote in these polls

b) can be bothered to try to glean any credibility from them

On this basis, Alexandra Burke's version of "Hallelujah" would be the greatest ever vocal performance on TV and Elton John's "Candle In The Wind '97" would be the best single of all time.