Middle Age Hollywood

These days, we are more used to seeing her gyrating in a leotard and looking far younger than her 51 years.

But Madonna seemed to be feeling the strain as she oversaw filming of W.E - the dramatisation of the love affair between King Edward and American divorcée Wallis Simpson.

The singer, wearing a floppy brimmed hat pulled down over her head, baggy tracksuit bottoms and a long-sleeved white top under a loose spotty T-shirt, looked exhausted on set in France.

She was spotted yawning, clutching her head as if suffering from a painful headache and at one point appeared to be screaming with her fingers in her ears.