Emma Thompson and mum get honorary Glasgow degrees

By PAUL WARD
Published 3rd Jul 2013, 00:30 BST
Emma Thompson and her mother Phyllida Law receive honorary degrees at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. Picture: PAEmma Thompson and her mother Phyllida Law receive honorary degrees at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. Picture: PA
Emma Thompson and her mother Phyllida Law receive honorary degrees at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. Picture: PA
EMMA Thompson said that receiving an honorary degree alongside her mother Phyllida Law was their “best starring role together”.

The acting duo were awarded honorary doctorates in drama from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) in Glasgow yesterday and joked that they would now demand to be addressed as doctors as they posed for photos in their graduation robes and signed autographs for fans.

Nanny McPhee star Thompson won an Oscar for her lead role in 1992’s Howards End and a second Academy Award in 1996 for best adapted screenplay for Sense And Sensibility.

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The pair have starred in several films together, including The Winter Guest, which was set and filmed in Scotland, but they said sharing a stage at the RCS graduation topped the bill.

Thompson said: “It was so much fun. It’s our best starring role together, definitely.

“We’ve not received anything like this before and we both feel slightly fraudulent because when I told my son he asked, ‘How many essays did you have to right to get that?’

“So we feel really lucky that we now get to put ‘doctor’ in front of our names and pretend we’re important.