British acting legend Susan Hampshire has revealed she was mugged on the London Underground.
The 87-year-old has been performing since the 1940s and is considered an icon of the industry. She is a three-time Emmy Award winner, winning for the TV dramas The Forsyte Saga, The First Churchills, and Vanity Fair during the early ‘70s. She was awarded an OBE by the late Queen in 1995, and a CBE in 2018. She is set to appear in a forthcoming remake of The Fortsyte Saga which filmed last year.
Speaking at a Talking Pictures event earlier this week, The Mail reported her saying: “I was mugged on the underground the other day. I wish I’d put my money in my bra because I lost my phone and my purse”.
The remarks come as London struggles to deal with a rise in crime on the Underground system. In February 2024 a reported stated: “The British Transport Police (BTP) data showed that there were 3,542 violent offences between 1 December 2022 – 30 November 2023. This was 20 per cent higher than the previous year (an additional 579 offences) and 75 per cent higher than 1 December 2020 – 30 November 21 (an additional 1,513)”.
After decades in the spotlight, Hampshire continues to work on TV shows such as Casualty and Midsomer Murders, as well as being an advocate for various issues. She is a patron of the British Homeopathic Association, HIV charity Body Positive Dorset, The National Osteoporosis Society, and Dignity in Dying among others. She has also been a prominent campaigner for dyslexia awareness since the 1980s.
Many famous faces have opened up in recent years about their own experiences with crime in London. Harry Styles opened up about being held at knifepoint in a London village; while Anya Taylor-Joy and her husband Malcolm McRae experienced a terrifying robbery in a London property they were staying in.
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