‘I can’t come home yet!’ Harry Potter’s Miriam Margolyes tells fans she’s stuck in hospital

Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes has told fans she was stuck in hospital with a severe chest infection and “can’t come home yet”.

Over the weekend, Margolyes took to Facebook to share a snap of herself in her hospital bed along with an update on her condition.

She wrote: “I did survive and am still in The Royal Brompton Hospital... I am growing in energy but it’s still not quite me. I am putting this so you know how grateful I am for lovely messages.

“Heartfelt thanks to all my wonderful friends who sent messages and to the very fine doctors and nurses at the RBHT who put up with me and put a TAVI [transcatheter aortic valve implantation] in the LAVVY. HUGS. MM.”

The star had been hoping to be sent home on Sunday, but took to Facebook again with another health update.

“I spoke too soon,” she wrote. “Can’t come home yet: I have a chest infection. Probably tomorrow. But at least I’m resting. Love to all. Thank you for your lovely messages.”

Fans then shared well wishes. One wrote: “Thanks for the update, glad you are getting time to rest even if you are being made to do it...”

Another commented: “Sending lots of nursing healing blessings your way,” while a third said: “Sorry for the delay in going home. You will bounce back. Wishing you a speedy recovery.”

Finally on Tuesday, Margolyes revealed she was being allowed to go home as she thanked all her fans for their well wishes.

She wrote: “Beloved chums. After a s*** yesterday I am going home later today.

“Heartfelt thanks to all my wonderful friends who sent messages and to the very fine doctors and nurses at the RBHT who put up with me.”

Along with her role in Harry Potter, the actress – who recently revealed she was uynhappy with her salary on the fantasy franchise – is known for starring in The Age of Innocence and the TV series Call The Midwife and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.