Imelda Staunton is spotted enjoy a stroll with Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter and their daughter

TALK OF THE TOWN: The Queen has a child with her butler! Imelda Staunton – who will play the Monarch in Netflix’s The Crown – is spotted enjoying a stroll with Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter and their Bridgerton star daughter

When I heard that the Queen, the humble butler she’s in love with and their aristocrat daughter had all been spotted together outside St Paul’s Cathedral in London, I was desperate to see them. And it was all true – sort of.

Actually, it was Imelda Staunton – who will play the Queen in the fifth and sixth seasons of The Crown – enjoying a Sunday stroll with husband Jim Carter, best known as butler Mr Carson in Downton Abbey, and their daughter Bessie, who stars as debutante Prudence Featherington in new Netflix hit Bridgerton. 

And they were accompanied by the family dog, Molly – who is a star in her own right as she appeared with Imelda in the 2015 West End run of Gypsy.

As my picture shows, Imelda was worlds away from her royal role as she dressed in a black coat and a baker boy hat, while Bessie’s baggy tie-dyed trousers would hardly be suitable for a Regency ball.

Take four: Imelda Staunton, left, Bessie, Jim and dog Molly by St Paul’s Cathedral in London

Ms Staunton, pictured above in Downton Abbey, will play the Queen in the fifth and sixth seasons of The Crown

Ms Staunton, pictured above in Downton Abbey, will play the Queen in the fifth and sixth seasons of The Crown

Bessie Carter as debutante Prudence Featherington in new Netflix hit Bridgerton

Jim Carter as butler Mr Carson in Downton Abbey

Bessie Carter as debutante Prudence Featherington in new Netflix hit Bridgerton (left) and Jim Carter as butler Mr Carson in Downton Abbey (right)

Cara suffers a style disaster

Look what happens when you let a supermodel choose her own clothes!

Cara Delevingne certainly won’t be winning any fashion awards when it comes to this ensemble.

The normally stylish Cara, 28, was spotted out and about in Beverly Hills last week, wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, shorts with a dangly drawstring and a baggy T-shirt.

To top off her eclectic ensemble, she added sunglasses, a brown furry hat and a facemask with a painted pout on it. It had me wondering, Cara… did you get dressed in the dark?

Cara Delevingne, 28, was spotted out and about in Beverly Hills last week, wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, shorts with a dangly drawstring and a baggy T-shirt

Cara Delevingne, 28, was spotted out and about in Beverly Hills last week, wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, shorts with a dangly drawstring and a baggy T-shirt