Here are the real-life relationships of some of the beloved cast members of “Downton Abbey.”
They met when they were teenagers and lost touch for a long period before reuniting.
Marrying a childhood friend has kept the couple down-to-earth amidst the fame.
Williams toldThe Daily Mail, “Don’t forget we met as teenagers and have a lot of history.
We’re not fazed by the glitz of the show business world.
We are just home-loving people and don’t make a habit of hanging out at celebrity parties.”
The couple seem to be rock solid and set on forever.
For their 30th wedding anniversary, they renewed their vows in August 2018 at theGraceland Wedding Chapel.
Carmichael and Fox moved in together in 2019 (viaThe Daily Mail).
The couple chooses to stay private about their relationship, but they have revealed a few small details.
Apart from that we like to keep it quite separate from ‘Downton.’
The fact we met on set is not a big part of our relationship."
Dockery is engaged again to Jasper Waller-Bridge.
The couple made an old-fashioned engagement announcement toThe Timesin January 2022.
No date has been announced for the pending nuptials.
In real life, McGovern has been married to filmmaker Simon Curtis since 1992.
“I thought, ‘Oh my God, this is the man I’m going to marry’ …
It was a sort of this-is-my-fate feeling, as if there was a part of me that knew.
Then I fell pregnant and we just took it from there.”
I was really blown away by him."
Leech met Blair Herman at a Screen Actors Guild afterparty in 2016.
By the end of 2019, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child.
Happy 2 year anniversary @therealleech.
I love you."
Chandiram moved in with James-Collier in Manchester back in 2012.
Her career is centered around clothing sales and design (viaMirror).
However, when he saw the screening of the show with Chandiram, she was less than impressed.
They don’t seem extraordinary things to me.
During the lockdown, the pair stayed safe at home and settled easily into domestic bliss.
Their actress daughter and her flatmate ended up moving in with Carter and Staunton, too.
Staunton enjoyed cooking for the household, and the couple enjoyed tending to their garden.
“We’re keeping ourselves happy and relaxed,” said Staunton (viaThe Daily Mail).
The coronavirus outbreak caused her to initially postpone her wedding to fellow actor Ziggy Heath.
Eventually, during lockdown, she married Heath in a small, surprise ceremony.
She toldThe Times, “It was wonderful low-key and micro.
After a lockdown 30 people felt huge.
I wouldn’t change anything about it.”
Brown Findlay occasionally opens up about her private life on her Instagram.
She shared small details of theweddingand was sure to mark the couple’s three month anniversary with apost.
Logan and husband Kevin McNally didn’t marry until 2011, according toThe Sun.
Logan and McNally have both enjoyed long-lasting acting careers.
McNally has been acting since he was 16, and he has over 150 acting credits (viaIMDb).
Logan’s acting career has spanned five decades intelevision.
The pair also got to act together on “Downton Abbey” when McNally played Horace Bryant.
You have to get on with it.
I think it’s why we remain completely at one with it all."
Stevens has been much luckier in love in real life.
He’s been married to South African jazz singer Susie Hariet since 2009.
The couple moved from London to Brooklyn Heights, New York to work and parent their three children.
“The way people talk about kindergarten it’s sort of the way people talk about universities back home.
It seems to carry the same weight and importance, which is slightly terrifying.”
In real life, James stays mostly quiet about her love life.
However, if fans dig deep enough, there are clues.
She is currently dating Michael Shuman, bassist for the rock band Queens of the Stone Age.
But James prefers to keep her head in the acting game.
Hang out with your girl mates.
And don’t take everything so seriously be kind to yourself."
The couple married in 1989 and had two children during the height of Bond’s career.
They reunited and have been going strong ever since (viaThe Guardian).
Despite their successful acting careers, Bond once said the pair would probably not act together again.
He’d been on Broadway for a year and I’d been doing jetsetting visits.
He literally flew home on Sunday, and on Tuesday we went to work.
Life is sweeter now for the happy couple after the birth of their son in 2019.
That’s the thing that surprises me about fatherhood.
You are now a unit of three."
Leslie and Harington keep a fairly low profile, but they looked dashing at aMet Galaappearance in 2021.
The energy from the crowd is sensational and we feel really fortunate to be here."
Royal told theDaily Mailthat she always thought Ovenden might be perfect for her.
She knew about him through mutual friends but they had a difficult time aligning their busy schedules.
