MEGHAN’S BIG ROLE
The Duchess of Sussex showed off her baby bump when she met retired actors, directors and entertainers and said she was “feeling very pregnant”. Meghan made a festive visit to the Royal Variety Charity’s home in Twickenham, London.
HE ONCE propped up the bar at the fictional pubs in his TV sitcoms, Man About the House and Doctor in Charge.
But the actor Richard O’Sullivan is now a resident at the Royal Variety Charity’s nursing home in Twickenham, at whose bar yesterday he played to an audience of just one.
The Duchess of Sussex, herself an actress, appeared to have a genuine affinity for the retired show folk when she dropped in, having been introduced to the charity’s work at last month’s Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium.
“Do you miss acting?” she asked O’Sullivan, 74, as he sipped a cup of tea. He said not.
Telling the residents that she was “feeling very pregnant”, Meghan helped create a Christmas collage and chatted to one former performer in fluent Spanish.
The previous day, her
Everybody seems to be just a family and care so much.
The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle at the Royal Variety Charity’s nursing home.
father Thomas Markle – also a showbusiness professional, behind the camera as a TV lighting director – had claimed she was “shunning” him.
The former actress Ruth Gordon might have been alluding to that when she said: “I’ve read all about you in the papers,” Meghan, however, made no mention of her family as she chatted to Ms Gordon and to Mona Hammond who played Blossom Jackson in EastEnders in the 1990s. Removing her coat by Soia and Kyo to reveal a dress by Brock Collection, she joined in a rendition of carols led by the West End singer, Cassidy Janson. She said: “It’s fantastic. Everybody seems to be just a family and care so much.” Among the entertainers to have been cared for at the home are Sir Norman Wisdom, Dame Thora Hird and the comedian Charlie Drake.