I know Helen Mirren probably feels like she can’t be Dame Sexypants all the time — it’s probably exhausting, for one thing, and plus that notorious minx Judi Dench might be stoning Helen via Facebook or something because she decided it’s her turn.

But there’s some acreage between “Dame Sexypants is on a brief holiday” and “Dame Sexypants has been murdered and replaced with Hyacinth Bucket.”

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