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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: I have to use a wheelchair these days, admits Downton Abbey creator Lord Fellowes
Television viewers were left gripped by his aristocratic saga Downton Abbey, so they will be distressed to hear that Julian Fellowes now faces a daunting challenge in his own life.
He went on to make a fortune with Downton Abbey, which so far includes six hit series of the costume drama for ITV and two feature films, taking more than £200 million combined at box offices worldwide. The graphic designer – great-granddaughter of poet Sacheverell 'Sachie' Sitwell, who was never forgiven for marrying by his older brother Sir Osbert – is engaged to software specialist George Carter, 31, an alumnus of the Princess of Wales's old school, £59,000-a-year Marlborough College. He has, I can disclose, just been given the green light to demolish the dilapidated, two-storey seafront house he acquired in Kent for £575,000 a few months before the election and create a dazzling, three-storey replacement with a 'carport', a sunken terrace backing on to the beach and a first-floor balcony overlooking the sea.
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