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Kate Middleton and Prince William arrived in style for the BAFTA Awards in London on Sunday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took the red carpet by storm. Kate stunned in an off-the-shoulder Alexander McQueen gown, while William looked sharp in a black suit and bow tie. The couple was all smiles as they headed inside and took their seats in the front row, and, despite being royalty, they managed to fit in pretty well among all the movie stars, including Naomie Harris, Nicole Kidman, Eddie Redmayne, and Andrew Garfield, who had a run-in with ex-girlfriend Emma Stone at a pre-BAFTAs bash earlier in the weekend. Kate and Will's glamorous night out comes after a whirlwind few weeks of charity events, including a day out with cute kids and a philanthropic foot race with Prince Harry. Related:It May Be Freezing in London, but the BAFTA Awards Red Carpet is Still...

If you only know Elizabeth McGovern as the Countess of Downton Abbey, then… you don't know her. The actor talks to Andrew Anthony about the early years as a Hollywood starlet, swapping La for London – and her new life as a rock 'n' roll singer

There is something deliciously improper about watching Elizabeth McGovern perform on stage in a rock band. The sight of a middle-aged mother, even one as coolly attractive as McGovern, playing a guitar and singing in a beer-splattered festival setting is necessarily out of the ordinary. But it's the contrast with Lady Cora, the delicate Edwardian matriarch she plays in Downton Abbey, that really plays havoc with the imagination.

As the lead singer and songwriter of Sadie and the Hotheads, McGovern has created a kind of supercharged alter-ego, a private weekend hobby that has blossomed into a fully fledged album-producing and touring entity. Earlier in the summer,...