Dame Judi Dench regrets not having more kids

Actress Dame Judi Dench has revealed that her greatest regret in life is not having more children.

The 76-year-old actress, has a daughter, Finty, but claims that both she and her actor husband Michael Williams longed to give her a sibling.

When they tried to adopt a child, they were turned down because officials felt they were too old, Judi said.

“I wish we’d had lots more children,” the Telegraph quoted her as telling Yours magazine.

“That’s the only regret I have. But I was older and it didn’t happen. We tried to adopt a child and they didn’t like it because we were over 40 and Michael was a Catholic and I was a Quaker. It obviously wasn’t to be.”

The Oscar-winning, who gave birth to Finty when she was 37, added that she took motherhood so seriously that she even contemplated ending her acting career to look after her.

“I’d had a daughter and having a family, I wanted to be at home. Michael wouldn’t let me stop though.

“In the beginning I tried to arrange things so that I was with her in the day and going to the theatre in the evening when she was in bed.

“Later on, when she went to school, I could do things like television during the day to be with her in the evening,” she added.

Williams died in 2001 after a prolonged battle with cancer and Dame Judi is now dating David Mills, a conservationist.