Editing Joanna Lumley (section)

==Personal life==
Lumley's son was born in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joanna Lumley: Her age, husband, son, career and other fascinating facts|url=https://www.smoothradio.com/features/joanna-lumley-age-husband-son-facts/|access-date=21 January 2021|website=Smooth|language=en}}</ref> His father is photographer Michael Claydon.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1534077/joanna-lumley-son-jamie-absolutely-fabulous-jonathan-ross-show-michael-claydon-itv-spt Article] by Chris Byfield 11 December 2021 in ''[[Daily Express]]''</ref> She was briefly married to actor [[Jeremy Lloyd]] between 1970 and 1971.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30591740|title='Allo 'Allo! comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd dies at the age of 84 |publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=23 December 2014|access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref> She married the conductor Stephen Barlow in 1986; they live in Central London.<ref name="independent/1610102">{{cite news |last1=Boucher |first1=Caroline |title=How We Met : Joanna Lumley and Stephen Barlow |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-joanna-lumley-and-stephen-barlow-1610102.html |access-date=20 April 2023 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=5 March 1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226211435/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-joanna-lumley-and-stephen-barlow-1610102.html |archive-date=26 December 2012 |language=en}}</ref> They also own a house near the village of [[Penpont]], [[Dumfriesshire]], in Scotland.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/star-billing-for-sleepy-hollow-0s7dsdk8353 | location=London | work=[[The Times]] | title=Star billing for sleepy hollow | date=8 May 2005}}</ref>

Lumley supports over 60 charities and has been a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] for over 40 years.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/aug/31/joanna-lumley-interview | work=[[The Guardian]] | location=London | title=Joanna Lumley: 'I don't make a very good goddess' | first=Laura | last=Barton | date=31 August 2009 | access-date=27 March 2010}}</ref> She has donated books to [[Book Aid International]]. She is patron of the [[Born Free Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bornfree.org.uk/who-we-work-with/celebrity-supporters/joanna-lumley-obe/|title=Joanna Lumley|access-date=29 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219101825/http://www.bornfree.org.uk/who-we-work-with/celebrity-supporters/joanna-lumley-obe/|archive-date=19 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and passionate about the [[Free Tibet|Free Tibet campaign]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://freetibet.org/news-media/pr/joanna-lumley-join-huge-london-demonstrations-support-tibet|title=Joanna Lumley to join huge London demonstrations in support of Tibet &#124; Free Tibet|website=freetibet.org|date=4 July 2023 }}</ref>

In May 2009 Lumley supported the [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]] during the [[2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2009 European Elections]] campaign. For Lumley, the work of Green MEPs in the [[European Parliament]] in pursuing human rights and animal rights made the Green Party "the obvious choice" and urged UK voters "to cast a positive vote for a better future by voting Green in the European Elections."<ref name='Independent_09-05-28'>{{cite news | first = Nigel | last = Morris | title = Lumley goes Green in European elections | date = 28 May 2009 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lumley-goes-green-in-european-elections-1691811.html | work = The Independent |location=London | access-date =17 January 2012 | quote = I urge you to cast a positive vote for a better future by voting Green in the European elections}}</ref> Lumley also appeared in literature to support changing the British electoral system from [[First-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]] to [[Instant-runoff voting|alternative vote]] for electing Members of Parliament to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] in the [[2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum|Alternative Vote referendum]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12950712 | title= Benjamin Zephaniah 'airbrushed from Yes to AV leaflets' | publisher=BBC News | date=3 April 2011}}</ref>

In 2010, Lumley donated [[pound sterling|£]]1,000 to [[Caroline Lucas]]'s campaign to become the first Green Party MP during the 2010 General Election campaign.<ref>{{cite news|author=Simon Hattenstone |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/apr/03/joanna-lumley-interview |title=Joanna Lumley: 'I'm a happy person. But injustice I loathe' |work=The Guardian |access-date=21 October 2012 |date=3 April 2010}}</ref> She endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of Dr Lucas at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/24/celebrities-sign-statement-support-caroline-lucas-not-green-party | title= Celebrities sign statement of support for Caroline Lucas – but not the Greens | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Jessica | last=Elgot | date=24 April 2015 | access-date=23 July 2015}}</ref>

In August 2015, Lumley backed children's fairytales app "GivingTales" in aid of UNICEF together with other British celebrities including [[Roger Moore]], [[Stephen Fry]], [[Ewan McGregor]], [[Joan Collins]], [[Michael Caine]], [[David Walliams]], [[Charlotte Rampling]], [[Paul McKenna]] and [[Michael Ball]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Roger Moore backs children's fairytales app in aid of Unicef|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/18/roger-moore-childrens-app-unicef-givingtales|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=18 June 2015}}</ref>

In July 2021, Lumley joined an international line-up of actors in backing calls for the [[Great Barrier Reef]] to be placed on a list of world heritage sites currently in danger.<ref>{{cite web|date=20 July 2021|title=Joanna Lumley and Jason Momoa join prominent group backing Great Barrier Reef 'in danger' listing|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/20/joanna-lumley-and-jason-momoa-join-prominent-group-backing-great-barrier-reef-in-danger-listing|access-date=29 July 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>

In 2023, Lumley attended the [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla]]. In July 2023, Lumley announced that she is suffering from [[prosopagnosia]], a condition which impairs [[facial perception]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001mzl1 |title=Tracks of My Years podcast: Dame Joanna Lumley |date= 25 June 2023 |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=3 July 2023}} around the 41:20 mark.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://uk.style.yahoo.com/face-blindness-symptoms-treatment-prosopagnosia-102823750.html |title=Joanna Lumley living with face blindness like Brad Pitt: What is the rare condition? |date=3 July 2023 |website=[[Yahoo! News]] |access-date=3 July 2023}}</ref>