Family and Personal Life
Dando was the daughter of Jack (February 1918 – February 2009), who died in Weston-super-Mare on his 91st birthday, and Winifred Mary Jean Dando (August 1927 – January 1986), who died of leukaemia aged 58. Her only sibling, brother Nigel (born 1952), works as a journalist for BBC Radio Bristol, having previously worked as a journalist in local newspapers since the 1970s.
Dando was a devout Christian. She never married or had children. She had a relationship with BBC executive Bob Wheaton from 1989 to 1996. She had a relationship with national park warden Simon Basil. In December 1997, she met gynaecologist Alan Farthing; his divorce was finalised in November 1998. Dando and Farthing were engaged from February 1999 until her death. They scheduled their wedding for September 1999. Farthing married fellow medic Janet Stowell on 20 March 2008.
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