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Judi Dench gigs with Sharleen Spiteri at party

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Dame Judi and Sharleen Spiteri joined together to perform an impromptu duet

Guests at an Aberdeenshire hotel were treated to a Hogmanay performance by Dame Judi Dench and Sharleen Spiteri.

A video posted on Twitter showed the pair belting out a rendition of Abba's Waterloo at The Fife Arms in Braemar.

Ms Spiteri sings the famous chorus while Dame Judi pretends to play on a pianola, as well as offering the occasional backing vocal.

The Texas frontwoman then feigns shock at the Oscar winner's musical abilities, mouthing: "What a pianist!"

They shared the piano stool throughout the impromptu performance which followed a dinner and ceilidh at the venue.

Ewan Venters, CEO of Artfarm which owns The Fife Arms, posted the video on , and it was soon amassing thousands of views.

He told ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scotland the crowd's reaction to the performance on the hotel's self-playing piano was "joyful".

"Judi Dench and Sharleen Spiteri were staying at the hotel and we had an impromptu moment at the piano," he said.

"It was a happy evening with lots of guests and locals clapping."

He said the pair burst into song just before the midnight fireworks.

"It was a classic Scottish Hogmanay party at The Fife Arms," he said.

"The hotel was fully sold out, with four course dinner and a ceilidh with lots of reeling."