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‘Jim Carter is my gardener!’

Lesley Nicol, Downton Abbey’s Mrs Patmore, reveals what’s next, and why she’ll never retire

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She’s best known as the lovable Mrs Patmore in the hit ITV drama Downton Abbey, having played the character for 15 years. As the doors open to the iconic stately home for one final time in the new film Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Lesley Nicol sits down with Woman’s Weekly to chat about what lies ahead for her away from the franchise, and how it feels to be saying goodbye. ‘It was amazing to be reunited with the cast,’ says Lesley, who turned 72 in August. ‘I think we’re all united by the fa...

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