Still Game star Greg Hemphill has paid a heartfelt tribute to pal Robbie Coltrane at a special event to mark the TS Queen Mary’s 90th anniversary year. The milestone was celebrated with a reception aboard her ex-fleetmate The Waverley, the world’s last seagoing paddle steamer last Friday.
The steamship, currently undergoing a £6million revamp, is expected to be back in service next year after a campaign for repairs was spearheaded by the late actor Robbie Coltrane who passed away in October at the age of 72. Friends of TS Queen Mary has already raised more than £3.8million and the vessel, brought back from Tilbury Docks in Essex, is now berthed at a dock in Pacific Quay.
During an address at the event hosted by the charity, celebrity guest star Hemphill paid tribute to friend and co-star Coltrane who he said was one of the most “passionate supporters” of engineering, innovation and heritage. Hemphill, 53, said: “We’re here tonight on the Waverley to celebrate the 90th birthday of the TS Queen Mary and I just wanted to say a few words about one of it’s most passionate supporters, Robbie Coltrane who sadly we lost last October.
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