As Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale releases today, leading etiquette expert Laura Windsor has unveiled a Downton-inspired etiquette guide for cinemagoers.

Laura - trained by a former member of the Royal Household and advisor to Royal families - sets out the golden rules of cinema conduct, from switching off mobiles to avoiding noisy snacks and keeping feet firmly off the seats.

Her video guide, filmed with Showcase Cinemas helps show how the Crawleys themselves might expect audiences to behave.

This comes as Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, starring Hugh Bonneville and Paul Giamatti, releases today - marking the cinematic return of the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s, embracing change and welcoming a new chapter.

To celebrate the movie's release, Showcase Cinemas has unveiled new research revealing three quarters of Brits (74%) believe manners were better back in the Downton era, while four in five (81%) would welcome a formal “cinema etiquette code.”

The UK’s top 10 most annoying cinema habits were also revealed, with mobile use (82%), talking (79%)........

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