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Dame Diana Rigg Joins 'Victoria' for Season 2

Lacy Baugher Milas

28 Feb 2017 — 2 min read

Diana Rigg (Duchess of Buccleuch) © PBS

Big news for Victoria fans! Acting legend Dame Diana Rigg is officially joining the cast for the period drama’s second season, making an already buzzy series even more exciting.

Rigg is probably best known these days for playing the sharp-tongued Lady Olenna Tyrell on HBO megahit Game of Thrones. (Think a more medieval, weaponized sort of Dowager Countess from Downton Abbey, if you’re not familiar with the show.) But her acting resume is massive – and extremely impressive – including everything from Bleak House to The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries to her starring role as the original Emma Peel in The Avengers. In short: Dame Diana is incredible.

Rigg will be a series regular on Victoria, playing Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott, the Duchess of Buccleuch. The Duchess served as Victoria’s Mistress of the Robes from 1841 to 1846. Though the Duchess was rather famous for speaking her mind, she and Victoria remained lifelong friends. The Queen even served as godmother to Lady Charlotte’s daughter (who was also named Victoria).

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