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Two Doors Down star reveals awkward encounter with member of Royal Family after she mocked them
She wasn't sure how the Royal would react to her joke ROYAL RIDICULE Two Doors Down star reveals awkward encounter with member of Royal Family after she mocked them Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) TWO Doors Down star Arabella Weir has revealed she risked upsetting Princess Anne by making fun of her lack of qualifications. The actress was presented with an MBE by the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace last year. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 2 Two Doors Down star Arabella Weir poked fun at Princess Anne when presented with her MBE Credit: PA 2 She is best known for playing Beth Baird in the hit BBC comedy Credit: Handout After being told by a friend to make the princess laugh when receiving the honour, Weir poked fun at the royal's academic performance. When Princess Anne confessed she wasn't very good at school, Weir jokingly replied: "We all know that." Princess Anne famously never went to university and left school with a handful of O-levels and two A-levels. Weir, who plays Beth Baird in Two Doors Down, said she was relieved when the Royal laughed after her quip. Speaking on presenter Lewis Nicholls' YouTube channel, she said: "I'm not a royalist or anything but I was quite nervous before it. "My friend who went with me and my two children to the palace said to me 'Just make her laugh' and I did. "Princess Anne said to me 'I know who you are but why are you getting this?' "I said 'Oh I think it's because I make people laugh'. "She said 'When did you first realise you were funny?' and I said 'At school because I wasn't very academic.' "She said 'Neither was I,' and I went 'We all know that,' because famously she didn't do well. Two Doors Down star looks worlds away in unrecognisable BBC newsreader role "As it came out of my mouth I thought 'Is that something you're not supposed to say to royalty,' but she laughed. She was jolly nice." Weir, 67, received her MBE for service to acting and charity work. She made her name in The Fast Show alongside co-stars Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson and John Thomson. She has played Beth in Two Doors Down since 2016 and is set to reunite with the cast for a Christmas special this year. Princess Anne was taught at home in a small class before going to Benenden School in Kent at the age of 13, the first sovereign's daughter to attend boarding school. She left five years later, with six O-levels and two A-levels and instead of going to university she entered the public life of the Royal Family. Since then she has come to be regarded as the busiest and most hard-working of all the Royals and is well-known for her no-nonsense approach. In a documentary to mark her 70th birthday in 2020, she said: "So many of my contemporaries, when asked why they were going to university, would say, 'Well basically because that's what you do.' "And I remember thinking really that doesn't sound like a very good reason to go university, so I thought I would skip that."
Scottish Sun
23-05-2025
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Two Doors Down favourite teases live show plans ahead of Christmas special
Stars are "over the moon" at prospect of festive show LAST LAUGH Two Doors Down favourite teases live show plans ahead of Christmas special Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) TWO Doors Down star Doon Mackichan has revealed she wants the show to bow out with a live show in tribute to its creator. The actress is to return to her role as boozy neighbour Cathy in the hit BBC comedy for a Christmas special on TV screens later this year. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 1 Two Doors Down star Doon Mackichan However, she said she doubts there will be another full series following the sudden death of co-writer Simon Carlyle aged 48 in 2023. Instead Doon would like to see the antics of the residents of Latimer Crescent transferred to the stage as Carlyle had dreamed of seeing the show performed at Glasgow's Hydro arena. The Christmas special is being written solely by Gregor Sharp who previously penned every script with close friend Carlyle. Speaking on presenter Lewis Nicholls' YouTube channel, Doon, 62, said: "The producer called to tell us Gregor has come up with a Christmas special and we were just absolutely over the moon. "That is happening and I think we are going to shoot that in the summer. "Maybe it's a little tentative step in the water for (another series). I tend to think it would be better to do a live show as a goodbye. "I don't think it's that easy to do a series. Simon and Gregor used to sit together for about six months and write it. It's an incredible amount of work and it takes the magic of those two together. "It's been really hard for Gregor to do it and there has been such pressure on him." Speaking about Carlyle's death, she added: "I was in Thailand on my birthday and the producer phoned me to tell me. That was just hell, none of us could believe it, we couldn't take it in. "It was just a tragedy." BAFTA nominated BBC comedy series set to return for final ever series - and fans don't have long to wait Two Doors Down launched in 2013 and seven series have been broadcast on the BBC. Other cast members including Jonathan Watson, Alex Norton, Elaine C Smith, Arabella Weir, Kieran Hodgson, Joy McAvoy and Graeme 'Grado' Stevely will all be returning for the Christmas special. London-born Doon previously told how the character of Cathy had been taken to the hearts of the Scottish public. She said: "If I get into a cab in Glasgow they go 'Oh, it's you, you're the highly strung one,' meaning 'You drink a lot.' "Cathy has possibly got a bit of a drink problem. She enters a room and needs to be the centre of attention. "In Glasgow I literally get women running down the street going 'Cathy, Cathy, I am you, you are me.' "So a lot of people recognise themselves in Cathy which is really interesting."
