Robert Dudley, circa 1654; Credit – Wikipedia
Favorite: a person treated with special or undue favor by a king, queen or another royal person
- Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, favorite of King Edward II
- Hugh de Despenser the Younger, favorite of King Edward II
- Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland, Marquess of Dublin, 9th Earl of Oxford, favorite of King Richard II
- Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, favorite of Queen Elizabeth I
- Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, favorite of Queen Elizabeth I
- George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, favorite of King James I and King Charles I
- Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, favorite of King James I
- Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, favorite of King James I
- Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, favorite of Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I
- George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, favorite of King Charles II
- Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, favorite of King Charles II
- Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, favorite of Queen Anne
- Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, cousin of Sarah Churchill, favorite of Queen Anne
- William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, favorite of King William III
- Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, favorite of King William III
- John Brown, personal attendant and favorite of Queen Victoria
- Abdul Karim (The Munshi), personal attendant and favorite of Queen Victoria
- Margaret “Bobo” MacDonald, nanny, dresser and confidante of Queen Elizabeth II
- Anne Tennant, Baroness Glenconner, lady-in-waiting and confidante of Princess Margaret