And Mirren makes a very fair point, as ‘feisty’ appears on a list of 20 words deemed sexist by 2000 surveyed women.

Conducted as part of Special K’s Strength Is… campaign in 2016, the research showed 20 sexist terms that women banned from everyday vocabulary.

Here’s the full list:

1. Hormonal - 68%

2. Drama Queen - 56%

3. Bitchy - 53%

4. High Maintenance - 51%

5. Hysterical - 50%

6. Ball Breaker - 49%

7. Diva - 48%

8. Highly Strung - 46%

9. Mumsy - 42%

10. Princess - 40%

11. Attention Seeking - 35%

12. Emotional - 31%

13. Manipulative - 28%

14. Bossy - 27%

15. Controlling - 25%

16. Difficult - 21%

17. Sexy - 20%

18. Aggressive - 19%

19. Sassy - 16%

20. Feisty – 14%

Keen to redress the balance, 72% of women from the same survey added that they would like to see more often women described ‘confident’, or ‘resilient’, and ‘courageous’ – just as their male counterparts would be.

Is that really too much for women – including Mirren – to ask for in 2019?

Helen Mirren tells The One Show’s Alex Scott she’s sick of being branded as ‘feisty’