'You're a slut': Dench reveals parrot's pet name for her

She has been hailed as a national treasure, the queen of stage and screen. But Dame Judi Dench has revealed that her pet parrot has a rather less polite name for her: "Slut."

- Josh Halliday

The Academy Award-winning actor, who turns 90 next week, said everyone should have a bird like her rescue African grey parrot, Sweetie, despite her indecorous language. "You shouldn't ask what she says. She says: 'You're a slut', 'you're a slag'," Dench told the Sunday Times.