When I saw Lady Rosse, Antony Armstrong-Jones's mother in Season 2 of The Crown, the actress was so familiar but I could not place her. She rides to Westminster Abbey with her son for his wedding to Princess Margaret. As they ride, he excoriates her for not loving him as much as her other son(s).
Checking the credits, I noted the actress's name is Anna Chancellor. Off to
IMDb to look at her list of roles. But, of course, she played Lady Anstruther in
Downton Abbey.
Lady Anstruther stops by at Downton Abbey, partly for a tryst with her former employee Jimmy. He is now a footman at Downton Abbey. That is naturally the night that Lady Edith throws the book and her bedroom catches on fire. Lady Anstruther gently tells Lord Grantham that she'll leave before breakfast.
Ladies and abbeys. Both delightfully juicy roles, juicily played by Anna Chancellor.
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