Thorn Birds star Rachel Ward, 68, fires back at her critics after being viciously trolled for sharing no make-up selfie: 'I don't regret losing my youth and beauty - ageing is to be exalted!'

The English rose who starred in the 1980s Aussie miniseries The Thorn Birds is defiant about the trolls who turned out in force to lambast her this week for having the temerity to look her age.