National treasures
Amongst those that chose from a list of male and female celebrities, silver-haired sirens including David Attenborough, Dame Judi Dench and Paul Hollywood are some of the nation’s top choices for fantasy love letter senders, according to our latest research.
The study revealed a penchant for Game of Thrones stars, as the likes of Kit Harrington, Emilia Clarke and Richard Madden were featured heavily in the lists for both ladies and gentlemen.
Regal-blooded geezer Danny Dyer proved to be very popular, as did the reigning Queens of British TV, Rachel Riley, Holly Willoughby and Susanna Reid.
The gentlemen
1. Idris Elba (18%)
2. Kit Harrington (11%)
3. Richard Madden (8%)
4. David Beckham (8%)
5. Eddie Redmayne (8%)
5. Louis Theroux (6%)
6. Danny Dyer (6%)
7. David Attenborough (5%)
9. Brian Blessed (4%)
10. Paul Hollywood (4%)
The ladies
1. Holly Willoughby (14%)
2. Rachel Riley (11%)
3. Emilia Clarke (9%)
4. Dawn French (8%)
5. Dame Judi Dench (6%)
6. Nigella Lawson (6%)
7. Olivia Colman (5%)
8. Emily Blunt (5%)
9. Susanna Reid (5%)
10. Rachel Weisz (4%)
Respondents voted a person’s wit (43%), their level of ‘interestingness’ (48%) and a respect for their career (42%) as the most important facets of a good love letter writer in the study, while their physical attractiveness is seen as one of the least important aspects (37%).
Head of campaigns, Mark Street, said: ‘Our research demonstrates that the love letter still has the potential to set our pulses racing. While, sadly, we can’t all expect to receive a love missive from our celebrity crushes, putting pen to paper for our own loved ones could be the next best thing.’
