Joanna Lumley: Last News

When we sit down for our video call with Joanna Lumley, the topic is travel as the 75 year old globetrotter has just completed her latest show, Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities Of The World. As well as chatting about her recent visits to the European hotspots of Rome, Paris and Berlin, she also lets us in on the moment she found out about becoming a dame and admits she’s not at all as glamorous as she might seem, dubbing £16 a “fortune” to spend on face cream. “I love slogging and slugging about a bit,” she says before admitting that she’s lazy with her wardrobe and hair – which she cut herself during lockdown.

Joanna Lumley has spoken out about her refusal to watch Netflix hit show The Crown after getting to know the Royal Family over the years.The 75 year old received an OBE from the Queen in 1995 and has since met the Monarch and several of her other relatives many times, becoming closer and closer to the Windsors. Joanna’s loyalty has grown so much so that the actress has said in a new interview that she cannot watch The Crown, which is based on events from the Royal family’s early to very recent history, although she admitted to having watched earlier episodes. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Radio Times, the actress revealed that she doesn’t support their actions.The 75-year-old had strong feelings about the debate around the toppling of UK statues.When asked about her thoughts, Joanna commented: “All our ancestors were linked with something, so you can’t suddenly go, ‘But I don’t do that’.”She added: “If you eat sugar, you’re probably eating sugar that came from sugar factories that were worked by slaves, and so it goes round and round.“Lots of things were obviously reprehensible, the slave trade being one; you can’t defend that.“But there are different things that were done in the past which we can’t change.“We don’t do them now because we wouldn’t.”Joanna, who is hosting a new three-part ITV documentary series Great Cities of the World, where she explores the magnificent cities of Berlin, Paris and Rome, said: “So, I don’t know how much of the past you can smash up without finding that the wrecking ball has come very close to your own house.”Joanna has recently also spoken about the “distressing” impact she feels the Netflix series The Crown has had on the Royal Family.She told Radio Times that she can’t watch the show, because she “knows quite a lot of the Royal Family”.She continued: “I know how distressing it must be to have your life made up and then played out as truth.”The Absolutely Fabulous star was made an OBE in 1995 and became a Dame earlier this year, when she was given the honour as part of the New Years Honours list.Joanna, who is also a campaigner, said: “It comes as a complete and unexpected surprise and is the kindest and most beautiful present imaginable.”She also received the BAFTA TV Fellowship in 2017.With a career spanning over five decades, Joanna has appeared in everything from Ab

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Sheffield to star in the critically-acclaimed show The Play What I Wrote. The play, which sold out every show during its West End run, will be showing at the Lyceum Theatre from Monday, February 28 – Saturday, March 5. Famed for delighting critics and audiences alike, the show has a special twist: every performance features a mystery guest star.

“I burst into tears. It was such a shock because my whole life I was so thrilled I had an OBE and I thought it was fabulous."The actress continued: “I thought that was just as much as a person could ever want. “So, I thought, A, there must be a mistake.

Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan, 56, took to Twitter today to praise actress Dame Joanna , 75, and to call on people to have more “mental resilience”. Many Twitter users were quick to decry both celebrities' stance on the subject, while some agreed that there was some logic to it. This morning Piers Morgan shared a tweet about Dame Joanna’s comments with his 7.9 million Twitter followers. The journalist retweeted GB News presenter Isabel Oakeshott, 47, who had shared her interview speaking to Joanna Lumley about the subject with her 195, 100 followers. In the caption Isabel wrote: “‘GET OVER IT!’ Joanna Lumley's take on the rush to describe all sadness as ‘mental illness’ - listen to the full podcast on my website.”In his retweet, Piers added: “LOVE this…” with four clapping emojis. “Of course, when I’ve regularly said similar stuff, I’ve been branded a heartless monster. “Perhaps now a national treasure like Dame Joanna’s said it, people may understand it’s actually a good thing to show mental resilience & a bit of ‘stiff upper lip.’”In the video itself, Dame Joanna tried to draw the distinction between struggling with serious mental health issues and feeling sad.She said: “When somebody dies and you grieve, that’s what being a human is.

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A post shared by Matt Baker (@mattbakerofficial)"Thank you to everyone that’s helped. I wish you all the very best with whatever comes your way in 2022."Many took to the comment section to wish for the new year and congratulate Matt on his huge achievement.His wife Nicola Baker, who he wed back in 2004, was one of the first to comment: "Really proud of you!"Paddy McGuiness jokes: "Well deserved pal.

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On The Jonathan Ross Show, Joanna Lumley spoke about sending her new book A Queen For All Seasons directly to her Majesty.Speaking candidly about the new book, which celebrates the Queen’s life, she described the monarch as being “grateful” to have received the gift. Joanna, 75, spoke to host Jonathan enthusiastically about her experience of sending her work to the Queen. “I sent her a copy of the book,” she said.

“I’d see the glint of a rifle, I’d see it levelling down and I used to work out how I could throw myself in front of this actor so I could protect them but also bring us both down to the ground.”She then exited the play to prioritise her wellbeing, but things only got worse.Joanna added: “I couldn’t cross the road, I didn’t dare go into shops, I had to concentrate on breathing in and breathing out. It’s panic attacks and you are on the brink of utter insanity,” she continued.“I was off for six months.

She’s already small screen royalty in her own right, but now Absolutely Fabulous actress and documentary maker Joanna Lumley has received the Queen’s seal of approval. Joanna, who is friends with Prince Charles, has revealed that she was sent a personal message from Her Majesty after she wrote a book about her amazing life and reign, called A Queen for All Seasons.

"I think, I have a suspicion that that family’s much closer than we think."The royals have dominated conversation for a number of years but more than ever since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced they were to take a "step back" from royal duties in January 2020.The joint statement at the time read: "We intend to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen."We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honour our duty to The Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages."This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was

The Crown and says that she “never watches” the show because it’s “rubbish”.The star also went on to suggest that the Royal Family also stay well clear of the show.Joanna, who is a friend of Prince Charles, criticised the Netflix series and claimed she doesn't believe the Royal Family ever tune in to watch the regal fictional drama.The actress is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust and even attended Charles’s wedding to Camilla 2005. One of her main gripes with the series was that The Crown’s creators have made up conversations, as the show is a piece of fiction, while their characters are heavily based on real people. She went on to express her sympathy for the show’s cast, whom she claimed she “pitied” for trying to closely replicate the

Joanna agreed: “I know, but I went to see her [Sacha] in hospital and so we have dedicated the film to Dan Burton, who was the man who very sadly lost his life.”Unfortunately, the show ran out of time before the actress could go into more detail on the incident.In a previous interview with Radio Times, Joanna recalled her shock and grief over the horrifying accident.She said: "The shock was so vivid because it seemed such a short time since I'd been with them both."We've all encountered sudden death, and the sense of disbelief – you can't quite process it."I couldn't believe Dan would be [with us] no more."Joanna – who wasn't there when the accident took place – said Dan's family insisted that they finish the film.Sacha also said that she

Queen in 1995.The accomplished ctress admitted she was so dazzled that she ended up blurting out "tongue-tied rubbish".Following the release of her new book A Queen For All Season’s, which was published on 26 October, Joanna looked back at when she has the pleasure of meeting Her Majesty in the flesh.“Getting an OBE from her was quite something," she smiled in a new interview."When she pins your medal on you at Buckingham Palace, you think, ‘Blimey, it can’t get much better than this.’"But the truth is that when you meet her, you’re so dazzled that you find yourself talking a load of tongue-tied rubbish!"Over her esteemed career, Joanna has tried her hand at pretty much everything.And the documentary maker admitted it's down to pushing

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