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Sunday Herald, The, Apr 23, 2006
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10&11. FLORA AND ALEXANDER OGILVY Who? The Fife brother and sister in line to the throne Why so influential? If bird flu makes its way to Buckingham Palace we could be calling either of these two Your Majesty.
Alexander, 10, might be the youngest of the Ogilvy children but thanks to the male chauvinistic quirks of the monarchy he beats his sister in the race for the crown. Alexander is 34th in line to the throne, and 12-year-old Flora is 35th.
Their royal lineage comes from their father, James, the son of Princess Alexandra who is the Queen's cousin.
12. CARLY BOOTH Who? Scotland's 13-year-old golfing prodigy Why so influential? She's showing the boys how it's done.
Hawaiian teen Michelle Wie shook the stuffy world of golf last year by not just suggesting women could play with men, but daring to enter the same competitions. Stepping up to the tee behind her is Carly Booth. The Comrie schoolgirl plays off a plus one handicap and is ranked the best female golfer for her age in Europe, if not the world. Her dad was so impressed with his daughter's skills, he created a golf course in their back garden. She can be found there most evenings (even in the winter, thanks to floodlights) honing her game, unless she is trotting the globe at some tournament.
13. JESSICA ROWLING Who? JK's daughter.
Why so influential? The only teenager with access to the next Harry Potter novel.
Jessica is probably the most envied teenager on this list.
She will almost certainly be the first teenager to find out what happens to Harry in his final adventure, as her mum weaves her literary magic in their Perthshire home. That's enough to make millions of Muggles around the world green with envy.
14. CALUM MACLEOD Who? The Gael hitting the most English of games for six.
Why so influential? Toying with cricket's natural order.
There's no word for cricket in Gaelic. But then there's not many Gaels who play it either. However, Calum is changing all that. The 17-year-old from Glasgow, recently signed with top English side Warwickshire (the Liverpool of the country cricket world), and is moving down to Birmingham to show the English a thing or two about bowling. "I'm so excited, but it's daunting moving away when I'm 17, " he says. "But it's what I've always wanted to do." His dad, David, is the source of both his main points of pride. Hailing from Uist, David encouraged Calum to speak Gaelic as well as taking him to Drumpellier cricket club when he was six. After making his senior debut aged just 13 "The first few times was quite daunting, but when I stopped being scared at the prospect of bowling at men I took wickets quite quickly" and becoming a fixture in the national side at under-19 level, Warwickshire quickly signed him up. But moving to England won't dull his Gaelic pride. "It's a Scottish language so I'm proud to be able to speak it. I would encourage more young people to speak it. We should try and keep it alive."