Joan Collins, 86, and Percy Gibson, 55, forced to clean their own home amid coronavirus crisis

Dame Joan Collins and her husband Percy Gibson were forced to tidy their own home on Friday as they adjust to life without a cleaner amid the UK coronavirus lockdown.   

The Hollywood legend, 86, took to Instagram to share a fun snap of herself and her partner, 55, polishing windows and changing the bed sheets in their London home while wearing casual attire.

Despite cleaners still being allowed to work during the lockdown, as long as they keep a two-metre distance, Joan appeared to be taking no risks after every Briton over the age of 70 were told to ‘shield’ themselves from social contact.

Joan saw the funny side over the couple’s predicament as she joked in her caption: ‘Well, somebody has to do it!’   

In the photo, the iconic actress donned a pair of funky leopard print leggings, a black sweatshirt and a stylish hairband.

Wearing a pair of gloves as a cautious measure, Joan posed in front of her windows as she cleaned and polished her London home.

Meanwhile her husband Percy was also roped into tidying their abode as he was pictured changing the sheets and duvet on their lavish bed.

Joan joins Catherine Zeta-Jones, Victoria Beckham, Geri Horner and Sir Rod Stewart in a list of A-listers who have been forced to adjust to a life without a cleaner.

Victoria, who is currently holed up with husband David and children Romeo, 17, Cruz, 15 and Harper, eight, in their Cotswolds abode, shared a cheeky cleaning update on Friday night.

The fashion designer, 45, revealed that the former footballer, 44, had found her new Marigolds which she had branded with her ‘VB’ initials and defaced them with a very crude symbol. 

Victoria proudly displayed her new gloves on her Instagram Stories, alongside the caption: ”Loving my marigolds! They have become my new best friend!!’ 

However hours later they had been covered in a smiley face and phallic symbol by David, and she shared the updated snap and wrote: ‘When @davidbeckham gets hold of my beloved marigolds.’

Victoria was clearly on washing up duty after David cooked the family his ‘speciality’ chicken, mash and vegetables, while Victoria contributed with homemade bread.

Meanwhile, unable to get to the dog groomers, Catherine, 50, who is self-isolating with husband Michael Douglas, 75, shared a snap of her pet pooch, Taylor, to Instagram and said: ‘May have to give you a bath Taylor.’

And Spice Girls star Geri, 47, was also facing the same predicament as she got her hands dirty and washed her West Highland White Terrier, Flav, in her kitchen sink.

Sharing a video of herself in casual attire and her hair scraped back, the star, who is married to Team Principal of the Red Bull Formula One Racing Team Christian, got stuck in.

Geri captioned her updates with: ‘This is Flav. He loves a bath!’ she added at the end: ‘Lovely. Nice and clean,’ followed by a smiley face emoji.

Earlier this week, Rod, 75, who is holed up in his Miami home with wife Penny Lancaster, 49, revealed he has spent his time in isolation wisely by clearing out his garage.  

The Maggie May singer posed in front of the container he was dumping his unwanted items into, which included paint cans and broken wooden frames.

Sharing pictures to Instagram, he penned: ‘Taking this time at home to have a clear out of the garage.’

Good Morning Britain star Andi Peters, 49, also revealed on social media that he was taking the UK coronavirus lockdown as an opportunity to clear out his home.

The presenter confessed that he had found an expired container of coffee, which had gone off seven years ago in 2013, he added: ‘Saturday morning spring cleaning…time to throw away this jar of Nescafé. BBE: 10/2013 Can you beat that?’

Joan’s cleaning spree comes after she admitted that she wouldn’t have even met her husband Percy Gibson, 55, when she was in her 30s as he wasn’t even born yet.

The legendary actress told Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on an episode of Good Morning Britain, earlier this month and before the UK lockdown, that despite their sizeable age gap she likes to think they’d have been a good match years earlier.  

Speaking about her 18-year marriage to Percy, Joan said she thinks the main reason why their relationship has lasted so long, is that he’s never been interested in sharing her acting spotlight.

She explained: ‘It’s very hard as an actor on set, and there’s a term called DCOL, Doesn’t Count On Location. I had a lot of experiences like that… two actors are disastrous, I remember dating Terence Stamp and we were fighting for the mirror. 

‘Also because of going on location so much, half of the films you do you’re on location in different countries, so the actors are split up I don’t think it’s good.’

When Piers asked if she thinks they would have gotten together at a younger age – such as her 30s – Joan quipped: ‘He wasn’t born!’ 

Joan added that she likes to think her and Percy would have still become a couple, even without the sizeable age gap.

She told Piers and Susanna: ‘Of course, he would be the same person I would think, we would be very compatible, we have the same interests and we like the same things.’

Percy is Joan’s fifth husband, after she was married to Maxwell Reid from 1952 to 1956, followed by Anthony Newley from 1963 to 1971, Ronald S. Kass from 1972 to 1983 and Peter Holm from 1985 to 1987. 

Joan also chatted to Piers and Susanna about the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, saying that she’s trying to be vigilant without letting the virus wreak too much havoc in her everyday life.

She said: ‘I think you have to be really careful, the mask I wore is a very special mask Percy found it on Amazon or so, and it filters out everything.’

Explaining she still likes to wipe down her seat when travelling on an aeroplane, the Dynasty star added: ‘I’ve had so many things cancelled, I cancelled going to New York, I cancelled going to Berlin I was meant to get an award, I’m just waiting for what else will be cancelled.’