Joanna Lumley is best known for playing Patsy Stone in the TV series and movie adaptations of Absolutely Fabulous . In discussing the important men in her life, the 79-year-old talks about her experiences with men while working as a model in the ’60s, her ties to both King Charles and Barry Humphries, and her secret to a lasting marriage.

My father, James, was born in Lahore, which is now in Pakistan. He trained to be a soldier in Sandhurst, England, but returned to India and joined a Gurkha regiment, which was the Indian army. He was a great dreamer, immensely philosophical, and a great reader and historian. He was fabulously funny and the best company you could ever find. He told me never to give up when things get hard, which I’ve tried to do.

I was 11 when I went to St Mary’s A

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