Daily Mail

They ain’t nothin’ like a Dame . . .

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Dame Julie Walters has said she is too embarrasse­d to use her title. ‘It’s just a nice thing to have. You don’t carry your BAFTAS around with you.’

Hmm. I have long suspected this is how the acting fraternity sees these honours — merely as something to put on the mantelpiec­e of pride or in the humblebrag corner in the downstairs loo, along with your sundry gongs and your Oscars and your TV Quick trophy.

It seems any actress over a certain age, with her own teeth and not totally gaga, will automatica­lly get a damehood. even if they have hated the establishm­ent all their lives, like Helen mirren.

meanwhile, emma Thompson, Diana Rigg, and even Julie (right) herself . . . admirable women all, but do they really deserve it?

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