Topped by the Queen, the top five on the list of the country's most powerful women also included Home Secretary Theresa May, Supreme Court judge Baroness Brenda Hale and businesswoman Elisabeth Murdoch.
The list was compiled for the programme by a judging panel including journalist Eve Pollard, Conservative MP Priti Patel, Labour peer Oona King and crime novelist Val McDermid.
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