Keeping Up Appearances’ Patricia Routledge has died age 96

Dame Patricia Routledge, famed for playing Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, has died.
The actress starred as the snobby, middle-classed character in the hit BBC sitcom during the 1990s.
But it has now been confirmed Patricia – who was a Dame – has died, aged 96.

Keeping Up Appearances star Patricia Routledge has died age 96 (Credit: Cover Images)