James Bond was also named as a popular British icon on the survey to mark the British Council's 90th anniversary.
Queen Elizabeth II, Sir David Attenborough and James Bond have been named the most popular British cultural figures in a survey.
Dame Judi Dench and Catherine, Princess of Wales also proved popular with 16% voting for each. British MI6 agent Bond was named the UK's greatest "fictional icon" from the last 90 years, with 42%. JRR Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings series was voted the best fiction novel written by a UK author in the last 90 years , while Danny Boyle's Trainspotting was voted as the best British film
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