It takes a British aristocrat, educated in private and public schools, and with an MA in English Literature (Cambridge), with intimate knowledge of the history of British aristocracy, to be able to write Downton Abbey.
"Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, DL (born 17 August 1949), known professionally as Julian Fellowes, is an English actor, novelist, film director and screenwriter, as well as a Conservative peer."
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Downton Abbey author Julian Fellowes says Lady Mary sex scandal based on real life
"That story came from a friend of my wife and I who had a great house," he said. "About 15 years ago, he was looking through a diary of a great aunt, and in it was this account of a diplomat."
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"Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, DL (born 17 August 1949), known professionally as Julian Fellowes, is an English actor, novelist, film director and screenwriter, as well as a Conservative peer."
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On 28 April 1990, Fellowes married Emma Joy Kitchener, LVO (born 1963; a Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Princess Michael of Kent),[11] the great-grandniece of Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener. Fellowes has publicly expressed his dissatisfaction that the proposals to change the rules of royal succession were not extended to peerages, which would have allowed his wife to succeed as 4th Countess Kitchener;[12] instead, the title became extinct on her uncle's death due to the lack of male heirs. On 9 May 2012 the Queen issued a Royal Warrant of Precedenceallowing Lady Fellowes to enjoy the same rank and title of the daughter of an Earl, as if her late father had survived his brother and therefore succeeded to the title.[13]
They have one son, the Hon. Peregrine Charles Morant Kitchener-Fellowes (born 1991). The family resides in Dorset [14] and on 15 October 1998 they changed their surname from Fellowes toKitchener-Fellowes.[15][16]"
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Downton Abbey author Julian Fellowes says Lady Mary sex scandal based on real life
"In the storyline, Kemal Pamuk is a Turkish diplomat who visits Downton Abbey and dies of a heart attack while having sex with the earl's eldest daughter, Lady Mary.
His corpse is then smuggled back to his room by Lady Mary's mother and a maid.
Mr Fellowes said that rather than being a work of fiction, the story was inspired by an incident that took place in a great English house around 1890.
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