Helen Mirren still 'haunted' by bikini shot that made her 'sex symbol'

Helen Mirren, who left everyone stunned after snaps showed her in a bikini during a holiday three years ago, has revealed that the famous shot will 'haunt' her for the rest of her life.

The photos, which were taken on a beach in Italy on holiday, cemented her reputation as a sex symbol.

"I think the thing that will haunt me for the rest of my life is that bloody photograph of myself in a bikini," the Daily Mail quoted the 66-year-old as saying.

"In and of itself, it is a lie because I don't actually look like that and I know that that is going to haunt me forever and I'll be forever trying to bury it unsuccessfully," she added.