- Voted the 89th worst Briton in Channel Four's poll of the 100 Worst Britons. (May 11, 2003)
- Declared the third most annoying person in Britain on the BBC3 show The Most Annoying People of 2006 (2006).
- Her father was actor Anthony Booth, by his first wife Gale Booth. Sister of Lyndsey Booth. Elder half-sister of Lauren Booth, Jenia Booth, Emma Booth, Bronwen Booth, Joanne Booth and Lucy Booth. Sister-in-law of Sir William Blair.
- Mother of Nicholas, Kathryn, Leo, and Euan Blair.
- After studying law at the London School of Economics, she became a barrister in 1976 and Queen's Counsel (senior barrister) in 1995.
- First cousin four times removed of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of United States President Abraham Lincoln; subject of Prince of Players (1955).
- First person in her family to attend university.
- She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to Women's Issues and to charity in the United Kingdom and Overseas.
- Launched the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, a development organisation that aims to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries. Her book, "Speaking for Myself: My Life from Liverpool to Downing Street", was published the same year. (2008)
- Once caught putting a police placard on her dashboard in an attempt to subvert parking laws.
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