Lord Robert Fellowes, a respected figure closely connected to both Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Diana, has passed away at the age of 82.
Fellowes was deeply intertwined with the British Royal Family, serving as an uncle to Prince William and Prince Harry. He was married to Lady Jane Spencer, the sister of the late Princess Diana, and together they had three children: Alexander, Eleanor, and Laura.
During the 1990s, Lord Fellowes held the significant role of private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, a period marked by considerable turmoil within the royal family. This era saw the divorces of Princess Diana and Prince Charles, as well as the separations of Fergie and Prince Andrew, and Princess Anne and Mark Phillips.
Lord Fellowes played a crucial role in managing the fallout from the Windsor Castle fire in 1992, which destroyed 115 rooms in the historic residence.
Tragically, Lord Fellowes was in office when his sister-in-law, Princess Diana, died in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Diana, along with her companion Dodi Fayed, her driver Henri Paul, and bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, were attempting to escape paparazzi when the accident occurred in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel.
Following the deaths of Diana and Dodi Fayed, Lord Fellowes vehemently denied the allegations made by Mohamed Al Fayed, Dodi’s father, who claimed that Fellowes was involved in a conspiracy to murder the couple.
Lord Fellowes passed away on July 29 from undisclosed causes, according to The Times.
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Charles Spencer, Lady Diana’s brother, paid tribute to his brother-in-law on social media, expressing his deep admiration and sorrow. “My absolutely exceptional brother-in-law, Robert, is no longer with us,” Spencer wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “A total gentleman—in all the best meanings of that word—he was a man of humor, wisdom, and utter integrity. I’m deeply proud to have been his brother-in-law.”
Lord Fellowes came from a family with a long-standing connection to the Royal Family. His father, Sir William “Billy” Fellowes, served as the land agent at the Royal Family’s Sandringham Estate for 30 years, which was also where Lord Fellowes was born.
Queen Elizabeth II once remarked, “Robert is the only one of my private secretaries I have held in my arms,” highlighting the close relationship they shared.
Lord Fellowes was honored with the title of Baron Fellowes of Shotesham in the County of Norfolk.
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