Judi Dench pictured in February 2024

Dame Judi Dench has said she’s no longer able to go out alone as the result of her deteroriating eyesight.

The Oscar-winning actor has spoken out several times in the past few years year about her issues with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which she was diagnosed with a decade ago, and causes gradual loss of sight.

During a new interview on the podcast Fearless With Trinny Woodall, the 90-year-old said that “somebody will always be with me” now when she goes attends events.

“I have to now because I can’t see and I will walk into something or fall over,” she explained.