Queen Elizabeth had nicknames for her favourite courtiers

Elizabeth called Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester,  her "eyes",
William Cecil was her "spirit",
Robert Cecil was her "pigmy" or "elf",
Sir Christopher Hatton was her "mutton" or "lids",
Francis Walsingham was her "moor",
She even nicknamed her political suitor, Francis, Duke of Alencon, her "frog".