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Prince William is voted the most influential man of 2011

Batsy · 2011-10-20 18:23:48

Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, has been voted the most influential man of 2011, beating the likes of Barack Obama, Steve Jobs and Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. William, who married Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey earlier this year in a ceremony watched by billions around the globe, was said…

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#32 25-10-2011 01:37PM

coylemj

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I really don't get the 'influential' bit - I think if the pollsters were sent out with a question along the lines of ....

Name someone famous who has never appeared on Big Brother and isn't called Jordan

you'd have gotten the same answers.

Admired (for their ability to make money), maybe. Influential? I don't think so.

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#33 26-10-2011 03:17PM

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Well that thread title definitely gave me a laugh if nothing else! I find with these things often the participants are given a long list to choose from that's not much more extensive than the final results, along with a tiny box to add your own nomination that none of the readers of askmen whatever that is are likely to be bothered with. The decision by the mail to give this such play in their newspaper is certainly enough reason to criticism them in my view.

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