In Pictures: The leading ladies of ‘Downton Abbey’ on and off the small screen
If you’re as hooked on the tear-jerking British series ‘Downton Abbey’ as we are, we’d imagine you’re waiting with bated breath to see the aftermath of season three’s tragic conclusion.
Being that the period drama is set in post-Edwardian England, we’ve become quite accustomed to seeing its leading ladies with finger-waved hair donning rather demure frocks – except, of course, when the affluent Crawley ladies dress in their finest for dinner each night.
Whether you’re rooting for the matriarchs upstairs, the downstairs servants or both, we’re taking a look at our favourite leading ladies on and off the small screen.
And oh how different they look outside of the Abbey!
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![At the Forum, Charles delivered <a href=https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/speech/speech-hrh-prince-wales-world-holocaust-forum-yad-vashem-jerusalem>a moving and powerful speech</a> in which he said humanity "must never cease to be appalled, nor moved by the testimony of those who lived through [the Holocaust]." He also recognized his grandmother's work and Israel's recognition of it in his remarks, and said calling out hatred is always important.
<p>"All too often, language is used which turns disagreement into dehumanization," he said. "Words are used as badges of shame to mark others as enemies, to brand those who are different as somehow deviant. All too often, virtue seems to be sought through verbal violence. All too often, real violence ensues, and acts of unspeakable cruelty are still perpetrated around the world against people for reasons of their religion, their race or their beliefs.
<p>"Knowing, as we do, the darkness to which such behaviour leads, we must be vigilant in discerning these ever-changing threats; we must be fearless in confronting falsehoods and resolute in resisting words and acts of violence. And we must never rest in seeking to create mutual understanding and respect. We must tend the earth of our societies so that the seeds of division cannot take root and grow. And we must never forget that every human being is be-tselem Elokim - 'in the image of God' - and even a single human life is ke-olam malei - 'like an entire universe.'"
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