Another media version of events;
DAME SHIRLEY IN COPTER TERROR
The pilot had to make an emergency landing.
A crowd watched in horror as the helicopter swooped low over homes.
It touched down at 8pm amid howling winds and rain in the grounds of Collingwood College in Camberley, Surrey.
The shaken pilot emerged to ask locals: "Where am I?"
He apologised for scaring them before admitting: "That was terrifying. I was losing power and the mist was so thick I couldn't see where I was going. I've got a special passenger. We have had an almighty let off. Thank God."
It was not a night to be airborne because the weather was foul. The mist had closed in so it was hard to see further than a few yards. My husband Thomas and I watched in horror as the helicopter touched the tops of trees in our garden. "It was clear the pilot was struggling to control the machine. Thankfully it made a very bumpy landing in the grounds of the college. The pilot was first out and looked ashen. He saw us watching through the college gates and came over to ask, 'Where am I?' He just seemed relieved to be alive.
"He was a hero really for making a safe landing in atrocious conditions.
"You could tell Dame Shirley had been through a terrible ordeal but she maintained her dignity. She smiled bravely at us and asked for a toilet and cup of tea, in that order. After she recovered her poise she was simply wonderful."
Ninth, previous events.