' Mandela had an arsenal of one - liners , ' Curnow says . ` ` There is something about him that I loved , '' she says . He used good humor and his jovial ##ity in his political life , too . For Mandela , sports were a major weapon against racism . He called Queen Elizabeth simply ` ` Elizabeth '' instead of ` ` Your Majesty ''
' Mandela had an arsenal of one - liners , ' Curnow says . ` ` There is something about him that I loved , '' she says . He used good humor and his jovial ##ity in his political life , too . He called Queen Elizabeth simply ` ` Elizabeth '' instead of ` ` Your Majesty ''