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Other interesting stories in The Washington Post: Washington A-listers turned into hopeless groupies when the cast of “Downton Abbey” came to the British embassy — but Monica Hesse knows you really want to know what the stars look like “when not rolled up in poplin.” Thomas “is stubbly,” Mr. Carson “is 11 feet tall with the best eyebrows,” and Lord Grantham “looks exactly the same as he does on-screen. He is in tweed.”And look at...