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‘We are desperate to do it’: Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville reveals he’s seen a film sequel script and will make the movie ‘once Covid is under control’ By Bryony Jewell For Mailonline Published: 01:33 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 01:33 GMT, 13 February 2021 Hugh Bonneville has revealed he’s seen a script for a … Read more
Thousands of crosses are being placed at Westminster Abbey today as the nation gets set to remember fallen servicemen and women. Volunteers are laying more than 12,000 crosses over 380 plots laid out in the names of military associations and other organisations. But remembrance services are under threat as a second lockdown looms over the UK, with … Read more
Downton Abbey’s Tuppence Middleton brands Kit Harington ‘boring’ as she gives him harsh feedback on their date in hilarious clip from virtual play Burn By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 15:45 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 16:08 BST, 27 August 2020 They’ve been enjoying some time away from their busy schedules amid the coronavirus … Read more
Hugh CAN this be? Viewers’ surprise at star of Downton Abbey’s slimline look as Bonneville, 56, reveals his dramatic weight loss and drastically shorter haircut on BBC’s The One Show Hugh Bonneville is a shadow of well-padded Earl of Grantham in Downton Abbey The 56-year-old revealed weight loss on Thursday, wearing open-necked shirt Viewers expressed … Read more
Downton Abbey stars have kept in touch during lockdown — thanks to Mr Carson the steadfast butler and Zoom. Laura Carmichael, who played Lady Edith through six series of the award-winning television show created by Oscar-winning screen writer Julian Fellowes, praised Jim Carter (Carson) for encouraging everybody to join in. ‘He’s brilliant, Jim,’ she told … Read more
Lady Carnarvon was met with criticism from unsympathetic viewers after she revealed her home of Highclere Castle has ‘zero income’ during the coronavirus crisis. The countess, whose husband, Geordie, is the 8th Earl of Carnarvon, admitted the estate, best known as the location for Downton Abbey, is in a ‘catastrophic’ financial position without money coming … Read more
They are used to running their sprawling estates with the help of dozens of members of staff. But the Duchess of Rutland, of Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, and Lady Carnarvon, of Highclere Castle, the ‘real Downton Abbey’, in Berkshire, have been forced to streamline their operations to keep their businesses going – and staff safe – … Read more