Downton Cora’s oh so trendy makeover

AS CORA, the Countess of Grantham in costume drama Downton Abbey, Elizabeth McGovern was restricted to demure full-length dresses.

For the premiere of her film The Wife, the 57-year-old actress could wear something distinctly more racy.

Miss McGovern showed off her slender legs in a thigh-skimming floral-print mini dress at the event at London’s Somerset House on Thursday. She completed the look with a pair of black suede boots.

Later this month, it will be back to floor-length gowns as she is heading back to Highclere Castle to shoot a big-screen adaptation of Downton.