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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fiennes-is-top-celebrity-fundraiser.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been named the country's top celebrity fundraiser" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-fiennes-is-top-celebrity-fundraiser.jpg" alt="Adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been named the country's top celebrity fundraiser"/></a></p>
<p>Adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes is the country&#8217;s top celebrity fundraiser, according to a survey.</p>
<p>The explorer, who once ran seven marathons in seven days, raised more than £2.5 million for Marie Curie Cancer Care over the past two years.</p>
<p>His wife Virginia, known as Ginny, died in 2004 aged 56 after a short battle with cancer.</p>
<p>The former soldier scaled Mount Everest in May 2009 at the third attempt, despite suffering from vertigo, raising millions for the charity.</p>
<p>He was also the first man to reach the north and south poles by land unaided.</p>
<p>Other celebrities in the survey include Dragons&#8217; Den star Peter Jones, former rugby star Lawrence Dallaglio and singer Katherine Jenkins.</p>
<p>Also included are comic David Walliams and his wife, model Lara Stone, who asked wedding guests to donate to the Elton John Aids Foundation instead of buying them gifts.</p>
<p>The survey is based on an analysis of total funds raised by celebrities featured on the charity website JustGiving.com from January 2009 to December 2010.</p>
<p>Its managing director Anne-Marie Huby said: &#8220;Over the last 10 years, our fundraising community of celebrities and members of the public alike have done some amazing, creative and even crazy things in the name of charity.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re delighted to support their efforts &#8211; whether it&#8217;s Sir Ranulph Fiennes&#8217; awe-inspiring physical challenge or the likes of David Walliams and Lara Stone requesting online charitable donations in lieu of wedding gifts.&#8221;</p>
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