Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Fellowes |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
The Honourable Cynthia Jane Spencer 11 February 1957 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes (m. 1978) |
| Children | Laura Jane Fellowes (b. 1980) Alexander Robert Fellowes (b. 1983) Eleanor Ruth Fellowes (b. 1985) |
| Parents |
John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer Frances Shand Kydd |
| Relatives | Diana, Princess of Wales (sister) |
| Education | West Heath Girls' School |
| Known for | Older sister of Diana, Princess of Wales |
Cynthia Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes (née Spencer; born 11 February 1957) is one of the two older sisters of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Lady Fellowes is the second daughter of Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924–1992) and the Hon. Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936–2004). Her parents married in 1954 but divorced in 1969. She has always used her middle name of Jane (just as her elder sister also uses one of her middle names). One of Jane's godparents is Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. She was a bridesmaid at his 1961 wedding to Katharine Worsley.
Like her sisters, Lady Fellowes was educated at West Heath boarding school near Sevenoaks in Kent. Sources say she was an excellent student, achieving the status of school Prefect and passing a good number of A-level exams. To paraphrase Andrew Morton, Lady Fellowes acquired a "hatful" of O-level and A-level exams. Her successful exams suggest that she is the most academically gifted of the three sisters.
In March 1978, Jane married her distant relation Robert Fellowes (b. 1941), then assistant private secretary to the Queen. During the ceremony at Westminster Abbey, Jane's sister Diana was a bridesmaid. Photos of Diana as her sister's bridesmaid can be seen at this website and in many books about the life of Diana, Princess of Wales.
In June 1999, Robert Fellowes was granted a life peerage as Baron Fellowes, of Shotesham in the County of Norfolk, after first being knighted as Sir Robert Fellowes.
Lord and Lady Fellowes have three children and four grandchildren:
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