Talk:Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes

Unusual commentary
This text: "It is a point to make that Jane is the only member of Diana's family and friends who has never spoken to the media about her sister's death or indeed her life. She has remained silent and given her younger sister something not many did. Respect." currently appears in the article. For those of us unfamiliar with the details of British protocol, is this text in some way encyclopedic? Could it be replaced by, "Jane is the only member of Diana's family and friends who has never spoken to the media about her sister's death or indeed her life" without giving undue offense? Sdsds 08:53, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

I concur with this. Silence does not connote respect, and it's pointless in an article meant to be informational.

It should really be noted in the article that as the daughter of an Earl she is entitled to use her own name The Lady Jane Fellowes and not be reffered to as Lady Fellowes. She should either be The Lady Jane Fellowes or The Baroness Fellowes.


 * As the daughter of an earl, while she was married to a commoner (a person not a peer), she was entitled to use the style The Lady Jane Fellowes. As the wife of a Life Peer, she became The Baroness Fellowes (or Lady Fellowes) with a drop in rank and precedence. She can, of course, call herself whatever she wants.


 * For example, Lady Diana Cooper, the legal daughter of a duke, never accepted her demotion to the rank of a viscountess when Duff Cooper became Viscount Norwich. She kept the style of Lady Diana Cooper, but of course, she lost her rank and precedence from being the daughter of a duke to being a mere viscountess.  Similarly Lady Mary Cecil Baring, nee Grey (1907-2002), refused to be known as Baroness Howick of Glendale,and in fact chose to be known as Lady Mary Grey.  In some cases, the ladies did not like the titles granted to their husbands, but more often, it appears that the desire to retain the style of The Lady was stronger.


 * Since I haven't been following Jane Fellowes or her family recently in the media, I have no idea how she styles herself or is styled in say, The Times Court and Social section.
 * wikibiohistory 19:32, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Quote not clear
You say 'According to a 1998 interview, when Lady Fellows announced the news of Diana's death to their brother Charles, Earl Spencer: "I'm afraid that's it, she's dead." '

Were those her words? - not clear. Also, 'Fellowes' spelt wrong. Valetude (talk) 23:32, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

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Details not correct in 'Relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales'
The Telegraph article only states that the 2013 interview that Jane Fellowes gave to Lady Magazine is the first time that she has spoken to the press since Diana's death. It does not confirm that she is the only family member who never gave an interview. Also, the subject of the Lady Magazine interview was a charity named Only Connect, and it has nothing at all about Diana. Lady Jane's own life is not described other than her charitable work. So in my opinion the first two sentences of this section ought to be struck as unsourced. EdJohnston (talk) 17:12, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Title of the article
Shouldn't the title be changed to "Jane Fellowes"? It is customary to call the article "Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes" only is she holds a peerage suo jure. Duke of Somewhere (talk) 13:45, 21 June 2021 (UTC)