British Airways names the top 10 people we'd really like to go on holiday with this summer

As the school holidays begin, British Airways Holidays has conducted a survey with adults and children, which reveals which celebrities we'd most like to find ourselves jetting away with. Royal family members Prince Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge came in the top twenty for both men and women and celebrity royalty Brooklyn and Romeo Beckham featured in the lists of both boys and girls aged 5-12.

Collectively adults said they most wanted to holiday with Prince Harry, and other favourite names appearing in both gender lists include Holly Willoughby and Stephen Fry. Men voted in Jeremy Clarkson and Stephen Fry as the men they'd like to go on holiday with.

WOMEN:         

Prince Harry

George Clooney

Stephen Fry

David Beckham

Robbie Williams

Benedict Cumberbatch

Gary Barlow

Holly Willoughby

David Walliams

The Duchess of Cambridge

MEN:

Holly Willoughby

Cameron Diaz

Jennifer Aniston

Jeremy Clarkson

Abbey Clancy

Cheryl Cole

The Duchess of Cambridge

Michelle Keegan

Carol Vorderman

Stephen Fry

Both boys and girls meanwhile have also voted for many of the same names, including Rihanna, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lawrence, Taylor Swift and two of the Beckham brothers.

BOYS:

Rihanna

Brooklyn Beckham

Katy Perry

Miley Cyrus

Daniel Sturridge

Jennifer Lawrence

Taylor Swift

Jack Wilshere

Romeo Beckham

Justin Bieber

GIRLS:

Harry Styles

Brooklyn Beckham

Katy Perry

Justin Bieber

Zayn Malik

Taylor Swift

Miley Cyrus

Romeo Beckham

Rihanna

Jennifer Lawrence

Splits by region also revealed some interesting results. In Scotland, Barack Obama, Stephen Fry and Cameron Diaz came out on top, each receiving votes from 21 per cent of participants, while in Yorkshire all the top votes went to female celebs including Abbey Clancy, Jennifer Aniston and Holly Willoughby. In Wales Gary Barlow, David Walliams and David Beckham each received votes from 17 per cent of participants, while the South West made Prince Harry their clear favourite, with nearly 22 per cent of people voting him as the person they'd most like to go on holiday with.

Claire Bentley, British Airways Holidays' managing director, said: “We often see a rise in the number of bookings to a particular destination after a Royal visit or when it's named as a celebrity hot-spot.

People can holiday like a celebrity this year with a fantastic range of luxury destinations on offer at affordable prices. We also offer customers the opportunity to pay a deposit and spread the cost to make it even easier to enjoy the summer.”

British Airways Holidays also revealed that the most poplar holiday destinations this summer were: Orlando, the Dominican Republic and Barcelona 

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The statistics were collated through One Poll. 500 adults and 500 children took part in the survey.