At almost 30 years old, Cara Delevingne is going through a difficult ordeal: her maternal grandmother Jane Stevens died at the age of 85. Sad news for the young British model, very attached to the mother of her mum Pandora: when she was younger, the one nicknamed “Janie” was the muse of a great dress designer, official supplier to the royal family.
Moreover, Jane Stevens was close to the British crown: during her youth, she had become friends with Princess Margaret, sister of Elizabeth II, and the two women remained very close until the death of the youngest of the Queen, in 2002, at age 71. Known for her excesses, her smoking and her heavy alcoholism, she was an outstanding jet-setter, regularly making headlines.
According to DailyMail, she had for example one day asked her friend Jane Stevens to serve as her driver, while the person usually present was sick. The young woman had never driven a Rolls Royce and they had had an accident. Nothing serious for Margaret, who had encouraged her friend to persevere.
Married for 23 years to Jocelyn Stevens, a major press boss, she had also allowed the rebellious princess to meet her husband, photographer Anthony Armstrong-Jones, engaged in one of her spouse’s newspapers. This is also the father of three children of “Janie” Stevens, Melinda, Charles, Rupert and Pandora, the eldest. The latter, herself a socialite columnist, then married a large real estate developer, Charles Delevingne, and gave birth to three daughters, Chloé, Poppy and Cara, therefore. If the youngest is the best known today, Poppy was also a model for several years.
Pandora, very affected by the loss of her mother, paid her a beautiful tribute: “She was amazing, elegant, and had a great sense of humor.“, she reacted in the DailyMail. “She was a woman passionate about so many things. She loved horse racing, was very good at tennis and even played it until she was 83! We will miss her so much…“. Cara Delevingne, followed by 43 million people on Instagram, has not yet reacted.