Downton Abbey trailer teases a final farewell to stately home

• The upcoming film Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale will follow the Crawley family as they enter the 1930s and navigate new challenges.
• The trailer for the film includes a touching tribute to Dame Maggie Smith, who played Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, and died in September at age 89.
• The trailer shows Lady Mary Crawley (Michelle Dockery) looking at a portrait of her grandmother (Dame Maggie), and Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville), kissing the wall of the building, suggesting the family may be selling and leaving the abbey.
• Bonneville promised the new movie would be a “great lasting tribute” to Smith, and the film's synopsis reveals the characters must “embrace change and welcome a new chapter”.
• Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale is set to release in cinemas on 12 September.

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