Veteran film director Michael Winner says he encourages people to assume he’s gay - so he can eye the ladies without interruption.

The Death Wish moviemaker, 72, has been dogged by questions regarding his sexuality for years despite being linked with a string of women and claims he has bedded more than 130.

However, instead of being angered by the rumours, the renowned ladies man embraces them - with very good reason.

Veteran actress Miriam Margoyles is terrified of The Queen.

The 66-year-old Harry Potter star once met the monarch at an official engagement, but was reprimanded by the Queen for interrupting a conversation - and was told to “be quiet”.

And Margoyles admits she has been scared of the ruler ever since.

“The Queen just scares the hell out of me,” she reveals.

Moviemaker Rob Reiner has credited his When Harry Met Sally star Billy Crystal for the film’s famous dinner table orgasm line that turned his mum into a star.

Reiner was paying tribute to funnyman Crystal as he was awarded the 10th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on Thursday night when he revealed the `I’ll have what she’s having’ line after Meg Ryan’s sex prank was all the actor’s idea.