POSITIVE THINKING
As friends and family watch ‘the royal sculptor’ immortalise her in clay, Dame Judi Dench tells us how she remains upbeat despite losing her sight
MAIN PHOTO: TOM JAMIESON
She is widely regarded as the queen of British actresses – and has indeed won an Academy Award for playing a queen – and last week, Dame Judi Dench followed in the footsteps of royalty by having her image immortalised in a sculpture to mark her 90th birthday. hello! was there too, joining Judi’s daughter Finty Williams, actor Simon Callow and composer Sir Karl Jenkins as 200 friends and family watched the sitting at Claridge’s hotel in London.
Her likeness was captured by Lady Petchey, Frances Segelman, known as the “royal sculptor” after immortalising subjects such as the King and Queen, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Princess Royal and the Duchess of Edinburgh.