But unfortunate circumstances force him to leave the big city and return home to help his family's gun business -- one of the oldest in the county.
"Whilst I reached a settlement last year with both the BBC and ITV, I would like to now draw this unfortunate episode, forced into my life, to a close," said McAlpine.
A handy bit of exposition from Edith for those unfortunate relatives forced to watch Downton once a year, snoozing over their sherry and wishing they had made their excuses earlier.
Last month McAlpine dropped his legal pursuit of Twitter users with fewer than 500 followers, saying he wished to "draw this unfortunate episode, forced into my life, to a close".
In February, the peer, who has received £310,000 from the BBC and ITV over the allegations, announced that he was dropping defamation claims against Twitter users with fewer than 500 followers, saying he wished to "draw this unfortunate episode forced into my life to a close".
For every wide-eyed teenage girl who got to shoot the breeze with Usain Bolt at the start of the 200m, there were unfortunate souls forced to spend long hours pointing left or right with giant foam fingers, deal with the petulant demands from assorted press box divas, or sit opposite the door of the Olympic Family toilets in the Velodrome, making sure no passers-by got hit by the opening door.
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However, life on TV wasn't for Simon; a series of unfortunate events forced the now 59-year-old performer to call it a day.
When I learned through the public prints of his unfortunate decision to force a return fight, I felt sure that he was making a mistake, and I had no wish to see him take the consequences.
Both he and prop Adam Jones played in all three Tests, while Evans was a powerhouse in the midweek side and unfortunate not to force his way into Test reckoning.
