J.K. Rowling made a surprise
appearance at comedian and actor Eddie Izzard's event called 'Scotland, Please Don't Go', joining former chancellor Alistair Darling, who heads the pro-Union Better Together campaign. The
Harry Potter author, who did not comment on her attendance, did sit close to Darling, who unveiled the Scotland, Please Don’t Go drive, which was promoted by Izzard on Friday. Photos of Rowling with Darling at the Scotland event at the Festival Theatre in her hometown of Edinburgh.
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Harry Potter author JK Rowling was a surprise guest of Mr Darling at the event, sitting alongside him just a few rows from the front of the stage.
The writer, who had earlier attended a private Better Together reception at the theatre, refused to speak to media at the event.
Rowling, who wrote her wizard-centred novels in Edinburgh and continues to live in the city, has previously said she opposed independence and would vote against it in a referendum. “I’m pro Union,” she told a London-based newspaper last year.
Izzard's event also funded
Better Together, an organisation keen to keep Scotland as part of the United Kingdom.