Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer and Family 1: Ending Aug. 2023


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corazon said:
I dont see any of diana' s nieces similar face to her, i don't know why but none of the spencer girls look like diana for me. I see diana very similar to her father face, but blonde like his mother.
Emily is blonde like her father but she look very like sarah.
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After reading this I started looking at the pictures. The more I looked I see more of Francis in Diana and Jane. I see more the late Earl in the current Earl and Sarah. I saw a lot of the Late Earl in Emily. Funny enough I saw Francis and the late Earl in Kitty. But no matter what the younger Diana looked like Jane as a young Girl but she became a person of her own even as a teacher and broke from the family mold. Diana was indeed a one of a kind.

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They DO, however find it fun to be with an 80+ grandfather.
Prince William in a November 2004 interview: "I'm very close to my grandfather. He makes me laugh. He's very funny."
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I have not said anything until now but William seemed really close to his aunts at the wedding last year and not so much to the Earl. I found out he is really close. as is Kate, to Emily who married this past weekend. I wonder if it goes back to the statement from the Earl at Westminster during the Funeral. I feel no matter what Diana feeling were she raised the boys to love and respect their Daddy and his family. I think Mom and Dad's turmoil never reached them and maybe it was a little bit much when he let it be known that her family was their when the burden of royal life got to them. I think, no matter her own turmoil with royal life, she had shown them it is OK to have fun and be a royal so for them they did not have to go see the uncle when they could make and have fun as a royal. I feel that may have caused hurt feeling because he was stating fun could not be had in royal life. I think Diana made both her sons feel comfortable in their skin or they would be miserable if she had not.
 
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I have not said anything until now but William seemed really close to his aunts at the wedding last year and not so much to the Earl. I found out he is really close. as is Kate, to Emily who married this past weekend.
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It has always been my impression that Diana was closest to her sister Sarah, so it might make sense that their families are close, as well. Wasn't Earl Spencer living in South Africa for quite some time? William and Harry probably didn't spend as much time with him growing up, and then his marriages & relationships kept him busy. Also, you never see Earl Spencer at the princes' functions...I'm remembering Sarah attending one of William's Sandhurst/military days and she sat alongside Kate. So perhaps Aunt Sarah has simply invested more into the relationship...in any event I'm glad to see that they are close to the Spencer relatives at all.
 
I wondered who the little boy was with the Earl too, if that is his son Edmund, I have to say, couldn't they find a suit for an Earls son that fit him? I didn't think he was any relation to the Earl because I couldn't imagine send your child to a wedding as formal as this one in a suit that the jacket was way too big and looked terrible. IMO
 
the baby born? its a girl o boy?
 
The baby is not born, she's due at the end of this month.
 
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My question is - why dont William and Harry have a rekationship with the Earl? You would think that being family through Diana they would keep in contact with that side and William would want to have Catherine meet that side of the family. Its not just thier fathers side that is important. Is there something wrong with the Spencer side that keeps William from seeing them? I would think Catherine would maybe like to at least meet someone from Dianas side. Or maybe not? Kind of strange.
 
William and Harry have a relationship with their Spencer cousins around the same age as themselves, as for the younger ones, well I guess they spend as much time with them as any other adult spends with their young cousins. Same goes for the children of their maternal aunts.

I have heard that their Uncle is not a favourite but is not ignored either. After the debacle that was their mother's funeral with Earl Spencer vilifying the entire BRF, I think they could be forgiven for loathing him but obviously do not. But Charles is an incredible hypocrite with a history of cheating on his wives (yes plural) and in light of his behaviour at the funeral, could well be held in utter contempt. That he is not is a tribute to William and Harry's capacity to forgive and forget. But they are not best buds!
 
I'm amazed that anyone would have to look for reasons for the Wales boys not having a close relationship with the Earl. The man has conducted himself in a pretty distasteful manner over the last 15 years, and has left many devastated lives behind him. His dysfunctional life has made the royals seem like the Brady Bunch. It must be a challenge for William and Harry to remember the name of their current aunt, let alone the names of all their soon to be 7 cousins by how many different women?
 
The Earl has also spent a good part of his adult life living in South Africa and recently in California. His children by his first 2 wives have also spent a good part of their life living outside of the UK. This would have made it easier for William and Harry to have closer relationships with their maternal aunts and their children than with the Earl and his family.
 
Oh. I see. I havent really kept up with the Earls life so I was not aware of his reputation. I do remember him vilifying the BRF and alot of people did. I didnt realise he is not looked at favorably by the family. I suppose it would put a strain on relationships.
 
William and Harry have a closer relationship with their aunt Sarah Mccorquordale and attended a family wedding a few weeks ago.
 
Earl Spencer and his third wife are celebrating their own special Olympic moment – the birth of their daughter, Lady Charlotte Diana Spencer.
The couple’s first child was born at Althorp, the Spencer family home, last Monday, weighing 8lb 14oz. She is the first Spencer baby to be born at the ancestral pile since 1793.
Earl Spencer, 47, pictured with the radiant Countess Spencer, 39, and their daughter, was present at the birth and tells me he is delighted to be a father for the seventh time.

Read more: KATIE NICHOLL'S DIARY: Spencer's joy as Althorp sees first birth since 1793 | Mail Online
 
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Earl Spencer and his third wife are celebrating their own special Olympic moment – the birth of their daughter, Lady Charlotte Diana Spencer.
The couple’s first child was born at Althorp, the Spencer family home, last Monday, weighing 8lb 14oz. She is the first Spencer baby to be born at the ancestral pile since 1793.
Earl Spencer, 47, pictured with the radiant Countess Spencer, 39, and their daughter, was present at the birth and tells me he is delighted to be a father for the seventh time.

Read more: KATIE NICHOLL'S DIARY: Spencer's joy as Althorp sees first birth since 1793 | Mail Online
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Fantastic name. Very nice that they paid homage to Diana.
 
Congrats to the parents. I hope Lady Charlotte Diana will have a happy and successful life. Hopefully her parents' marriage will be happy.
 
Congratulations and it's just interesting how rich is the family Spencer in girls or in female descendants.
 
Yes, the Spencers have always had lots of girls; wonder if that means William and Harry will have mostly girls?

Anyway, I like the choice of names: Charlotte Diana.

Also I think it's lovely she was born at Althorp, unlike the Earl's other children.
(I think you have a stronger emotional attachment to a place if you grow up there.
It's said Windsor Castle is the Queen's favorite residence, and I think that may be because she spent so much of her early years there).
 
:previous: Having lots of girls/boys in a family is not hereditary, so a presumption regarding the offspring of Princes William and Harry cannot be made. The sex of the child is a lottery among millions of sperms. just FYI.:flowers:
 
She's a very pretty baby, and I love the name Charlotte Diana...I think the late Diana would love it too! :)

I think the Earl also has three sons from earlier marriages.
 
He has two sons and five daughters
 
Charles Spencer's statement about his daughter's middle name was very sweet:

"...though it’s been 15 years since Diana died, I still miss her every day, and I very much wanted her commemorated in the naming of our daughter.
 
My congratulations to the Earl and Countess Spencer on the birth of a healthy baby girl.

However, I am curious about the way the announcement was made seeing as the Daily Mail is the only news outlet with this story. Did the earl invite Katie Nicholl to visit Althrop to do a story on his new daughter?
 
Oh no, that was my favourite name combination for a daughter of William and Kate:p
 
great great news!!! and so beautiful name! the lay diana spencer number 3!
 
3? Who is number 2?
 
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