[Mid] Fw: [st-george] Elizabeth I tops monarch poll

Got this from another list I'm on. Y'all might find it interesting.

Fionnuala

Elizabeth I tops monarch poll

Elizabeth I has won the title of Britain's greatest ever monarch.

The so-called Virgin Queen topped a poll of more 10,000 people with
31% of the votes, 4% ahead of Elizabeth II.

Medieval monarch Alfred the Great, who is perhaps best remembered
for burning cakes, finished third with 26% of the vote, which was
conducted by BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Oliver Cromwell, who toppled the monarchy in the seventeenth
century, received a large number of nominations but was deemed
ineligible to make the final shortlist of five because he was never
King.

Elizabeth I's reign from 1558 to 1603 is considered by many to be a
Golden Age for England.

Henry II, who is credited with creating the beginnings of the modern
English legal system, finished fourth with 9%. Queen Victoria was
last with 7%.

Last updated: 18:44 Monday 31st December 2001
See this story on Ananova:
http://www.ananova.com/go/484801

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