Miriam Margolyes has detailed her royal run-in with Princess Margaret which almost went awry. The Harry Potter actor recalled meeting her when she was working on a stage production.
Back in 1993, Miriam was appearing in a production of She Stoops to Conquer with Donald Sinden and David Essex.
The starlet was playing Mrs Hardcastle in the West End adaptation.
After one performance, she explained how Princess Margaret came backstage to greet the cast.
However, the actress recalled almost putting her foot in it when she mentioned one of their mutual friends.
Speaking in her new memoir, This Much Is True, Miriam said she had recalled show designer and Margaret’s friend Carl Toms was unwell.
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The candid book promises to see the screen icon looking back on her career at the age of 80.
The synopsis of the book reads: “Now, at the age of 80, she has finally decided to tell her extraordinary life story – and it’s well worth the wait.
“Find out how being conceived in an air-raid gave her curly hair; what pranks led to her being known as the naughtiest girl Oxford High School ever had; how she ended up posing nude for Augustus John as a teenager; why Bob Monkhouse was the best (male) kiss she’s ever had; and what happened next after Warren Beatty asked ‘Do you f***?’
“From declaring her love to Vanessa Redgrave to being told to be quiet by the Queen, this book is packed with brilliant, hilarious stories.
“With a cast list stretching from Scorsese to Streisand, a cross-dressing Leonardo di Caprio to Isaiah Berlin, This Much Is True is as warm and honest, as full of life and surprises, as its inimitable author.”
Early reviews for the book have been glowing with Stephen Fry saying: “There is no one on earth quite so wonderful.”
Speaking about her book earlier this year to Booktopia, Miriam opened up about why she decided to write it.