Miriam Margolyes makes Vogue cover debut at 82

Miriam Margolyes says she "wouldn't privation to beryllium consecutive for anything", arsenic she makes her Vogue screen debut astatine 82.

The histrion posed for vibrant photos and discussed the joyousness she felt successful her sexuality, saying she's "never had immoderate shame" astir it.

"Gay radical are precise lucky, due to the fact that we are not conventional," she said.

Known for her iconic TV and movie roles, and candour successful interviews, she came retired arsenic a lesbian successful 1966 erstwhile homosexuality was illegal.

She besides lived done the HIV situation of the 1980s, during which she mislaid 34 friends.

"I ne'er had immoderate shame astir being cheery oregon thing really. I knew it wasn't transgression due to the fact that it was me. I couldn't beryllium criminal," she told the manner magazine.

But the award-winning histrion besides revealed she regretted coming retired to her parents, who she says ne'er accepted her sexuality.

"It wounded them and I don't privation to wounded people," she said.

Margolyes' vocation successful TV and movie spans decades; immoderate of her enactment includes Blackadder, Vanity Fair and Harry Potter.

She has often made headlines for her hilariously frank interviews, with her chaotic anecdotes often going viral.

"It's a beardown presumption if you're not acrophobic to beryllium who you are," she told Vogue.

"We're each truthful insecure. People are frightened specified a batch of the clip and what I've ever tried to do... (is) marque radical consciousness bully astir themselves."

She features on with different "LGBTQ+ pioneers", including Ncuti Gatwa and Emma D'Arcy, successful the July variation of British Vogue.

The 82-year-old's screen reads "pride and joy", wherever she is shrouded successful bluish satin, peaking done a chic mesh headpiece.

Other notable covers successful caller years see Dame Judi Dench successful 2020, who became the oldest prima to look connected the screen of British Vogue astatine 85 successful its 104-year history.

In April, the mag featured its first disabled models, which British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful called 1 of his proudest vocation moments.

It was announced earlier this period that Enninful, who has been a high-profile champion for greater inclusivity successful the manner industry, volition beryllium stepping down from the role.

See the afloat diagnostic successful the July contented of British Vogue, disposable via integer download and connected newsstands from Tuesday 20 June.