Dench Becomes Doctor At Scottish University

Actress DAME JUDI DENCH has been made a Doctor of Letters at Scotland's oldest university.

The James Bond star, 73, was presented with the honorary degree at St. Andrews University's graduation ceremony on Tuesday (24Jun08) in recognition of her stage and screen achievements.

The Oscar winner was on hand to receive the accolade - but admitted the grand ceremony was a little overwhelming.

She says, "I had never been to St. Andrews before, so I'm very pleased and I'm going to boast about it a lot.

"It was very embarrassing, you know. You see a photograph of yourself and that's embarrassing and then you have to stand up in front of a lot of people while someone says the whole of your life to you.

"But it is a huge day of celebration and I'm frightfully pleased to have been asked."