Dame Judi Dench has got her first tattoo - at the age of 81.
The British actress was gifted the body art from her 43-year-old daughter Finty for her birthday, and is now left with the permanent marking of her favourite motto: "Carpe Diem" on her wrist.
Speaking to the Mirror Online about the spontaneous present, the mother-of-one said: "That's my motto: Seize the day. Finty gave it to me for my 81st birthday - she's wonderful with surprises."
However, Dame Judi was mocked by her colleagues who believed the quote to mean something entirely different.
She explained: "Mind you the company of A Winter's Tale, which I was doing at the time, used to say that it said fish of the day."
The Oscar and Bafta winning star - who was crowned the Actress Defying Age and Ageism in 2012 for her role in the 23rd 'James Bond' production as "M"- intends to stay young in her ways.
Dame Judi has been undergoing treatment for an eye problem for the past six weeks to help with her mobility.
She explained: "I just want to go on being mobile really and able to do things. I'm not going to be beaten by my eyes for instance.
"I have macular degeneration, which means treatment every six weeks, but you just have to settle for it.
"On my scripts, my font is point-size 22, so you can imagine ... if we're doing a sonnet of 14 lines, all the others will have one page and I'll have 14.
"It's ridiculous, it's a farce, but I'm not going to give in."
