A British woman has become a mother for the first time at 64

Is 64 too late to become a mother for the first time?

Dame Julia Peyton-Jones

by Closer Online |
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Dame Julia Peyton-Jones has stunned, well, basically everyone, by becoming a mother for the first time at the age of 64.

Dame Julia - who was awarded an OBE in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to art and then later made a Dame in 2016 - has spent the past few decades building a high-flying career in the art world, and was most recently the director of the much-acclaimed Serpentine Gallery in London.

However she quit this demanding role in October 2015, and now it seems she has decided to focus on her personal life.

Dame Julia Peyton-Jones
Dame Julia at a party with businessman David Tang, Shirely Bassey, Kate Moss and designer Tommy Hilfiger (Credit: Getty) ©Getty

It's not yet been confirmed if her daughter, who she's named Pia, was adopted, born via a surrogate or conceieved using IVF - although it is thought that Dame Julia is currently single.

Although some people have questioned whether it's right for Dame Julia - who turns 65 in February - to become a mother for the first time at an age when many people are becoming grandparents, her friend Robin Saunders told the London Evening Standard: "This is the most exciting news. Julia will be a wonderful mother and role model for her daughter."

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