Hello! My name s Rob Fellows. I come from Dundee, a town on the coast of Scotland, but I m a student at Durham University, in the north of England. I m studying French and German, and I can speak the languages quite well. I also know a little Spanish, so I can speak four languages. I m enjoying the course a lot, but it s very hard work! I live in Durham Castle, because the Castle is part of the University, with about thirty other students. The course started two years ago, and I m in my third year. After the course I m going to work. | I was born on May 7th, 1919, at the family home, Foxton House, in Leicestershire. Our family has lived there for generations. We have the most beautiful gardens. People used to travel miles to see our rose garden in June. The smell of the roses came right into the house. I was the youngest child and the only girl. I had three older brothers. much older. They weren't there while I growing up. Two were in the army and one was at Oxford University. Of course, my mother and father used to spoil me, my father especially. He used to call me his little princess . He died when I was sixteen. It was a terrible time for mother and me. Fortunately, I was at home with her. I never went to school. I had a governess for a few years, so I didn't have much education. My mother thought it was more important for a girl to learn to dance, to go to parties, and look pretty. She wanted me to find a good husband after my father died. My best memories are the two years before I married all those dances and parties. I loved it. But I met and married the Duke when I was twenty. A good marriage is important. I only knew one girl who got a job. Poor girls these days, they all have to find jobs! I can't imagine that they have as much fun as we used to have!
