HAVE I GOT BREWS FOR YOU
Missing the office tea break? MARION McMULLEN takes a look back at some of the stars who love a cuppa
1991
One lump or two? Home Alone child star Macaulay Culkin toasted his membership of the million-dollar-a movie club with a cup of tea during a visit to London.
1967
American civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King joined in a traditional tea break when he met with a group of student leaders at Newcastle University to talk about the problems of racial prejudice before receiving an honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law.
1978
It was tea cups at dawn as television butlers Donald Sinden (left), who played Robert in ITV sitcom Two’s Company, and Gordon Jackson, best known as Mr Hudson from Upstairs, Downstairs, posed for a TV photoshoot.
1985
It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but I like tea. Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger found himself craving a brew during a trip to Paris and stopped for a tea break at a local cafe.
1966
American actor Robert Vaughn found TV fame as secret agent Napoleon Solo in The Man From UNCLE, but opted for a cup of tea when he headed to the BBC for a recording of Junior Points of View.
1960
Shall I be mother? Comedy favourite Irene Handl presided over the tea tray during filming of Hancock’s Half Hour with Tony Hancock at Elstree Studios.
1979
G’day mate. Prince Charles enjoyed a cup of tea brewed on a camp fire in the Aussie bush when he visited Goodardy Sheep Station in Western Australia.
1965
Irish film star Richard Harris had a reputation as a hell-raiser but was also happy dunking biscuits in a cup of tea.