Joanna Lumley is almost an octogenarian but is still at the top of her game with two hit TV shows on the go and a reunion with her old pal Jennifer Saunders

Joanna Lumley will turn 80 next year - but the Absolutely Fabulous legend says she definitely won't be planning her own funeral.

Though the actress admits she's "conscious of growing older" and isn't afraid to shy away from the subject of death, she revealed she doesn't even want a memorial service.

However, her husband Stephen Barlow , a symphony and opera conductor she has been married to for 39 years, has other ideas. And he's apparently told her the funeral arrangements will be a matter for him and their son Jamie, as she will be gone.

Seemingly, he thinks Joanna might die first - and he might have a point, as at 71, he is

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