Dame Judi Dench could have been deceased., demised, shuffled off this mortal coil for all the use her parrot was when she had a 'frightful fall' at home.
The 87-year-old actress, whose eyesight is deteriorating due to macular degeneration, has told how she lay on the floor for 30 minutes after falling over at her Surrey home.
Dame Judi says: "I had a frightful fall not long ago. I tripped over the carpet, and there was nobody in the house and I was lying on the ground unable to get up for half an hour.
