Miriam Margolyes has admitted that she wants to move in with her longtime partner Heather Sutherland.
The actress, 82, has been in a relationship with historian Heather, 80, who likes to keep out of the spotlight, for 55 years but the pair have always lived apart.
However, Miriam – who lives in London – has now revealed that she wants to move in with Amsterdam-based Heather because they ‘haven’t got much time left’.
Speaking on Friday’s episode of the Graham Norton Show, Miriam said of her relationship: ‘We are together, but we live apart. She is in Amsterdam, and I am in London but now we want to live together.
‘I really do want to live with her because we are old, and we haven’t got much time left. It is silly to live apart.’
Plans: Miriam Margolyes has admitted that she wants to move in with her longtime partner Heather Sutherland
Romance: The actress, 82, has been in a relationship with historian Heather, 80, who likes to keep out of the spotlight, for 55 years but the pair have always lived apart
Miriam first met Heather in 1967 and the pair have been together ever since, and the Harry Potter star recently shared the secret to their decades-long romance.
‘I just think you must tell the truth, never let the sun set on a quarrel, listen to the other person, and don’t look for – don’t gamble with your happiness’ she told ‘s The Project last month.
‘Don’t look for another genital. Be happy with what you’ve got. I think adultery is nonsense. I think it wastes time. Cherish what you have.’
‘And if it really isn’t working, talk about it and part. But do it with kindness. That’s all I can say,’ she added.
Elsewhere in the interview, Miriam also told how she was no longer sexually active.
‘I’ve finished with sex, but I don’t want everybody to be finished with it, because otherwise the world would stop,’ she said.
In her 2021 autobiography, This Much Is True, she also said of her relationship with Heather: ‘We have been together for 53 years. It is a big achievement.
Poignant: However, Miriam – who lives in London – has now revealed that she wants to move in with Amsterdam-based Heather because they ‘haven’t got much time left’
Appearance: Miriam’s comments came as she appeared on the Graham Norton Show alongside Sarah Snook, Greta Lee, and Boy George
‘An academic and a Scholar, Heather is my polar opposite: reticent, incredibly private and reserved.’
Miriam met Heather through a mutual friend while working on a BBC radio drama after Miriam had graduated from studying at the University of Cambridge.
Heather is an n historian and former professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
The Graham Norton Show is available to watch on BBC One on Friday November 3 at 10.40pm. It will also be available on BBC iPlayer.