Liz Hurley says her family did manual labour in lockdown living like The Waltons

Elizabeth Hurley revealed her family were doing manual labour in lockdown.

Inviting her fans into what it was like behind closed doors at their six million Herefordshire estate, Liz spoke honestly about lockdown on Loose Women.

In comparing their lives to the American family drama The Waltons, the actress shared the famous family lived a simple life in the past few months.

No doubt a bold comparison as The Waltons followed the hardships of a family living on through the Depression and the Second World War.

The mum, 55, held the fort with a total of nine people including her elder sister Kate, son Damian, 18, mother Angela, 80, and a handful of friends.

Liz Hurley says her family did manual labour in lockdown living like The Waltons (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

She told Loose Women: "It was like The Waltons! We had nine of us, but I was the only one who left in 16 weeks to do a brief raid on the shops."

Everyone got stuck into the manual labour on the sprawling estate as Liz listed off the chores which had to be done: sweeping up, clipping, using a chainsaw, grooming the outside and growing veg.

The brunette bombshell ensured there were no distractions to keep anyone from their allotted work including a TV ban until 6pm in the evenings.

Inviting her fans into what it was like behind closed doors at their six million Herefordshire estate, Liz spoke honestly about lockdown on Loose Women (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

She added: "We all stayed safe and then we had to just get on, find a way to make it work.

"There was manual labour, not allowed TV until 6PM. We were all outside - we had beautiful weather in the UK - sweeping up, clipping, attacking things with a chainsaw, making the outside beautiful, growing veg...

"We all got healthier. We ate quite a lot but there was the manual labour!"

Damian turned 18 and his mum was delighted to share her pride for her son with the Loose ladies (Instagram)

Part of being outside and keeping active was down to the group staying healthy as Liz voiced concerns over staying safe amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Liz added: "We were very nervous about health, there were elderly women and a friend with low immunity who had to be kept safe. We were just nervous and scared whole time."

In comparing their lives to the American family drama The Waltons, the actress shared the famous family lived a simple life in lockdown (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Damian turned 18 and his mum was delighted to share her pride for her son with the Loose ladies.

She said: "He was great during lockdown, he had his 18th birthday then... everyone in his school year didn't get to say goodbye to anyone or do their exams.

"I'm really proud of him during lockdown, and yes he did help quite a bit!"

During lockdown, Liz and her son Damian also suffered great heartache after her ex and his dad Steve Bing took his own life in June.