- Studied at the Sorbonne for two terms. Also studied at the University of Madrid, as well as teaching English at a Madrid psychiatric clinic.
- Designed jewellery and owned a shop in London. (October 2006)
- She was made a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2004 Queen's Honours List for services to drama.
- Designed some of the jewellery worn by Cate Blanchett (Queen Elizabeth) and her ladies in waiting in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). Pieces from Rees's Qing Dynasty Collection are seen throughout the film.
- Her eldest son Linford was killed instantly in 1999 in a road accident, while driving to pick up books from Cambridge University. He had just been awarded a master's degree in Philosophy from Cambridge.
- Honorary Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
- Started as assistant stage manager and actor with the West Cliff Theatre in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
- A pub was named after her, in Pontypridd, South Wales. It was closed down and replaced by a greetings card shop in 2009.
- Her youngest son Rhys William Cazenove was born in December 1976
- 2 sons
- Great niece of Rachel Thomas.
- Her father was psychiatrist professor Linford Rees.
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