Earl Spencer Pays Tribute to Princess Diana on the Anniversary of Her Death With Touching Childhood Photo
31.08.2023 - 15:27
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.Charles Spencer, ninth Earl Spencer, posted the picture on his Instagram account overnight.
The touching image shows a young Diana Spencer standing with her arm around the shoulders of her brother, who smiles up at the camera.
There is no caption but there is no need, the photograph of the siblings communicates the lifelong bond that was cut short on August 31, 1997, when Princess Diana died tragically in a car crash in Paris.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Earl Spencer’s Instagram followers were quick to offer words of support.
“Sending love and light.
We remember her today and always,’” one commented.
Another added: “Saying a prayer for you on this day.”Charles, 59, and Diana were the youngest of five children born to John Spencer, ninth Earl Spencer and his wife the Hon Frances Ruth Roche, the younger daughter of the fourth Baron Fermoy.
Their sisters Lady Sarah McCorquodale, 68, and Baroness Fellowes, 66, also survived Diana.
A brother, John, died in infancy.Princess Diana with her brother, CharlesDiana was seven years old when her parents, then Viscount and Viscountess Althorp, divorced.
Her mother later married Peter Shand Kydd and Viscount Althorp married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth.
In 1975, on the death of his father, John Spencer inherited the title of Earl Spencer and moved the family from Park House, Sandringham, to the family seat of Althorp, Northamptonshire.
Althorp, a 13,000-acre estate, has belonged to the Spencer family since 1508 when they bought the land after amassing great wealth as sheep farmers.Princess Diana became engaged to Prince Charles (now King Charles III) in February 1981 and the spectacular fairytale wedding took place in July that year.
They welcomed sons and but
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