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Great Britons
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Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758 – 1805)
“England expects that every man will do his duty”
 Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson was a British naval officer most famous for his participation and leadership in the Napoleonic Wars. Having worked his way up the ranks, in life Nelson was a national hero, as famous for his scandalous affair with Lady Emma Hamilton, as he was for his victories on the sea – most notably the Battle of the Nile; in death Nelson became a god of the British Empire, embodying, courage, duty and honour.
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Great Britons
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Frank Bruno
Boxer Frank Bruno was the darling of British TV for much of the 1980s and 90s, due to his rapport with TV sports commentator, Harry Carpenter, and his oh-so-British habit of not winning. It was therefore ironic that after becoming heavyweight champ in 1995, Bruno lost a certain amount of cache with the British public, and slowly slid into a downward spiral of drug use, domestic violence, and even worse, pantomime.
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Sir Elton John
An average pianist with a flair for song-writing, a complex about his hair, a penchant for coke and rent boys, and tendency for hissy fits, is how some might describe Sir Elton John, but not us here at You2UK.com. Sir Elton has certainly lived the rock-n-roll lifestyle, tinkling the ivories of anyone within reach during the raucous Seventies - partying with the likes of David Bowie and Gary Glitter, losing all his hair in the process; marrying a trophy wife (if the trophy was for simply taking part); and nearly winning a trophy as the chairman of Watford F.C. Yes the pint-sized pianist from Pinner, has had it all, done them all, and notched up a few hit records along the way.
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