Joanna Lumley: ‘Princess Margaret was an inspiration for Patsy Stone’ | royals

entertainment">Margaret came into the picture as inspiration after a meeting between the princess and the actress in the 80s. The royal then visited the theater performance Blithe Spirit in which Lumley could be seen, and the princess wanted to meet some actors afterwards. “Princess Margaret came to the theater and we were all told to keep our clothes on backstage because she wanted to come in and see some of the actors,” Lumley tells WebMD. The Sun. The theater did not allow the actors to drink in the presence of the royal, which made it a bit boring backstage, but the princess had thought of that herself, Lumley says. “She opened her bag and took out a bottle of whiskey and a pack of cigarettes. She sat down and lit a cigarette. That’s how she became the prototype for Patsy!”

entertainment">According to Daily Mail Lumley’s story must have been set in 1986, because at that time she starred in the said play. Princess Margaret, who died in 2002, is known to have stopped smoking in 1991. The series Absolutely Fabulous ran from 1992 to 1995.

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