--- title: Lady Jane Fellowes, Princess Diana's Sister, to Give Royal Wedding Reading description: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle honored Princess Diana by asking her sister, Lady Jane Fellowes, to give the reading at the Royal Wedding. canonical: https://time.com/5277942/lady-jane-fellowes-royal-wedding/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-18T21:19:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T19:55:40.000Z og:title: Princess Diana's Youngest Sister Is Giving a Reading at the Royal Wedding. What to Know About Lady Jane Fellowes og:description: The late Princess Diana's sister honored Prince Harry's mother og:url: https://time.com/5277942/lady-jane-fellowes-royal-wedding/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef3fe1e7f1fe452d/69893074ab6d77e9e96b2aab/lady-jane-fellowes-image.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Charles And Jane Fellowes og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Princess Diana's Youngest Sister Is Giving a Reading at the Royal Wedding. What to Know About Lady Jane Fellowes twitter:description: The late Princess Diana's sister honored Prince Harry's mother twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef3fe1e7f1fe452d/69893074ab6d77e9e96b2aab/lady-jane-fellowes-image.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Princess Diana's Youngest Sister Is Giving a Reading at the Royal Wedding. What to Know About Lady Jane Fellowes ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle honored Princess Diana by asking her sister, Lady Jane Fellowes, to give the reading at the Royal Wedding._  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Updated: Dec 12, 2023 7:55 PM UTCPublished: May 18, 2018 9:19 PM UTC  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Updated: Dec 12, 2023 7:55 PM UTCPublished: May 18, 2018 9:19 PM UTC [Prince Harry and Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5248293/meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-wedding-tv-specials/) are making sure to incorporate [Princess Diana](http://time.com/4879138/diana-princess-remembered/) on their wedding day. Diana’s older sister, Lady Jane Fellowes, is set to give a reading at the [Royal Wedding ceremony on Saturday](http://time.com/5261498/royal-wedding-time/). Fellowes is set to read from the Song of Solomon, according to the [royal wedding order of service](http://time.com/5259825/order-of-service-royal-wedding/) released before the wedding. Kensington Palace said in a [statement](http://time.com/5265721/royal-wedding-2018-diana/) before the wedding that Prince Harry was “keen to involve his mother’s family in his wedding.” Besides Lady Jane Fellowes, Diana’s other siblings, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Earl Charles Spencer, are also set to attend the ceremony. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/992389025678929920) “Prince Harry and Ms. Markle both feel honoured that Lady Jane will be representing her family and helping to celebrate the memory of the late Princess on the wedding day,” Kensington Palace said in the statement. After Princess Diana [died in a car accident](http://time.com/4879138/diana-princess-remembered/) in Paris in August 1997, Lady Jane Fellowes and McCorquodale [joined Prince Charles](https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/01/world/charles-accompanies-diana-back-home-to-a-grieving-britain.html) in bringing Diana’s coffin back to England from a Paris hospital. Fellowes [read a Henry Van Dyke Jr. poem](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a12138504/princess-diana-sisters-lady-sarah-mccorquodale-jane-fellowes/) at Diana’s funeral_._  (L To R) Jane Fellowes, Mrs Frances Shand-kydd And Lady Sarah Mccorquodale at the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997. Pool/Tim Graham Picture Library—Tim Graham/Getty Images Since Diana’s death, Fellowes has largely been absent from the spotlight, save for [attending public memorial events](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1561780/Princes-lead-Diana-memorial-service-tributes.html). She has never been vocal publicly [about her sister’s death](http://people.com/royals/who-are-princess-dianas-sisters-everything-you-need-to-know-about-lady-sarah-and-lady-jane/), according to _People._ But she has remained close to her two nephews. She attended the [2011 wedding of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge](http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20110516,00.html), as well as Prince Harry’s 2010 graduation from the Army Air Corps [pilot course.](https://www.gettyimages.com/license/98907639) The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge [named](http://people.com/royals/princess-charlottes-godparents-list/) Fellowes’ eldest daughter, Laura, as a godmother to [Princess Charlotte](http://time.com/5260034/princess/).  Lady Jane Fellowes married Robert Fellowes in 1978\. Her sister, Princess Diana (right), served as a bridesmaid. PA Images—PA Images via Getty Images Fellowes has ties to the Royal Family beyond her sister: she [wed](https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/22/magazine/royal-romance-and-princely-duty.html) Robert Fellowes, who served as a private assistant to Queen Elizabeth II between 1990 and 1999, back in 1978\. Diana, then 16, [served as a bridesmaid](http://people.com/royals/who-are-princess-dianas-sisters-everything-you-need-to-know-about-lady-sarah-and-lady-jane/)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5277942/lady-jane-fellowes-royal-wedding/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5277942/lady-jane-fellowes-royal-wedding/"},"headline":"Princess Diana's Youngest Sister Is Giving a Reading at the Royal Wedding. 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