'It's unbelievable' Maureen Lipman in heartbreaking admission over partner's death

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"It is unbelievable to have to say goodbye to somebody with gloves and a pinafore on," she said."It doesn't bear thinking about."He survived COVID in a care home.

But he didn't really survive. "It knocked the stuffing out of him."In a separate interview with The People, Maureen touched on finding her strength through Her Majesty The Queen, who impressively returned to work just 10 days after the Duke's death in April 2021.

Maureen followed suit as she, too, returned to work shortly after her partner's passing."I lost my partner in January and what gets me through is what gets the Queen through, work," she explained."I don't know what to do if I am not working, I don't know what to be if I am not working."The Queen had made the mother-of-two a Dame in her birthday honours for services to charity, entertainment, and the arts in 2020.Maureen has enjoyed a career spanning over half a decade in film and television.She had starring roles in films including Roman Polanski's The Pianist, Coronation Street, and even on news shows such as Have I Got News for You and Just a Minute.

Her latest title by Queen Elizabeth came 21 years after Maureen was made a CBE, as she joined a handful of medical staff, volunteers and key workers in Her Majesty's birthday honours.Elsewhere, in December, the political activist claimed cancel culture was beginning to kill comedy.