Her long-standing mutual appreciation society with outrageous comedian and actor Billy Connolly is well-known. The pair famously bonded on the set of Mrs Brown over the mutual love of bawdy jokes.

However, he's additionally one of many few to obtain a non-rude reward from her, describing a stunning hand-sewn cushion embroidered with "To JB (John Brown) from VR (Victoria Regina)."

Her Pride and Prejudice co-star Matthew McFadyen stated: "She makes these like needlework embroideries on set within the tedium of filming, however they're all: ‘You Are a C***’. And she provides them as presents. And it is Dame Judi Dench. And she is doing this superbly, intricate, ornate... You sort of see the work materializing because the shoot goes on. Like: ‘You Are a F***ing S***.’

Co-star, Keira Knightley added: “She gives this fantastic air. She just sits there and she embroiders and you think: ‘Oh, that's so nice! It's Judi Dench. It's so quaint; she's embroidering a cushion’, and you go: ‘What are you embroidering?’ And (it says): ‘F***!’ Apparently she's got hundreds of them just covered in swear words or rude sayings.”