Joanna Lumley has confirmed that her iconic "Absolutely Fabulous" character Patsy is transgender.

The actress dropped the fact in during an interview when Lumley and her co-star Jennifer Saunders were fondly looking back on the original TV show.

Saunder joked as, "We tried very hard but (gay people) refused to be offended - and I admire them for that. Thank God you're hanging on in there,"

Lumley added, "You go back and pick through it, the amount of gay references and ease with which it's been put into the story, without it being dragged along like a great log of plot.

“It's really normal that one of ex-husbands now lives with his young boyfriend. It's completely normal that wants Saffy to be a lesbian or that Serge (Edina's long lost son) is gay and living in New York.”

"It's completely normal that Patsy is transgender”