Dame Judi sat in front of the 200-strong audience as royal sculptor Frances Segelman completed the majority of the bust in two hours.

The new US ambassador to the UK Warren Stephens used his first public speech to praise the trilateral security alliance.

An inspection has identified drugs as a major concern at Ranby prison, with the report also highlighting that many inmates led a “pretty bleak existence” in “dilapidated and dirty” accommodation.