Lord Julian Fellowes has revealed that he spends a lot of his time in a wheelchair after the return of a debilitating medical condition. Lord Julian, 75, is best known as the creator of Downton Abbey and the HBO series The Gilded Age. The Conservative peer has won numerous awards for his contributions to television and the stage, and has been working in the entertainment industry since the 1970s.
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In a new interview, Lord Julian revealed that he spends a lot of time in a wheelchair after the return of a medical condition. ‘It’s true that I do spend too much time in a wheelchair these days,’ he revealed in a new interview. ‘About 40 years ago, I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis, probably resulting from an early slipped disc. I had an operation and, after quite a long convalescence, I was well again, dancing, riding and the rest,’ he told Daily Mail.
![[Jason Cassidy, Hugh Bonnevile, Laura Carmichael, Elizabeth McGovern, Julian Fellowes, Kevin Doyle, Raquel Cassidy, Phyllis Logan, Peter Kujawski at the premiere of 'Downton Abbey: A New Era' held at Metropolitan Opera House on May 15th, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Variety/Penske Media via Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_234788137-30a3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
‘Unluckily, a couple of years ago, I was told the condition had returned and, after another operation, I was obliged to recognise that my powers of recovery at 75 were not quite what they had been at 35. Which, I suppose, is no great surprise. He then added that he didn’t feel ‘unlucky’ as there are many people who are in far worse situations.
‘I am not entirely immobile, but I do have to remain sitting for most of the time. I don’t consider myself unlucky in this. Other people have far worse to put up with.’. Lord Julian is married to Emma Kitchener who is a former lady-in-waiting to Princess Michael of Kent.
