It seems as though your sister and Dodi Fayed have been in a car crash in Paris.'"
A few more phone calls later, and the earl realized that his worst nightmare had come to fruition.
His older sister was dead.
He fought with King Charles III over how the princess would be remembered.
And he called attention to the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to Diana’s famous 1995 “Panorama” interview.
Of course, Spencer was not merely Diana’s defender in death he was also her lifelong friend.
Apparently, she was worried about how he was holding up in the new environment.
At one point, Diana asked permission to leave her seat and go check on her younger brother.
and sat down."
He andDiana’s mother, Frances Shand Kydd, tried to have a baby boy for years.
In 1960, they welcomed their third child, a son named John Spencer.
Sadly, he died hours after he was born.
Diana, their third daughter, arrived in 1961.
As a result, the ill-matched couple began living separate lives.
The pair got along well, and over time, their relationship became romantic.
Her two youngest moved with her.
Sadly, that wasn’t the end of the drama for the brother and sister duo.
In the end, though, this decision represented a tense miscalculation on her part.
He would occupy one wing of the house, leave Charles and Diana in the other wing."
In the same documentary, Morton explained, “Diana and Charles were terrified of the dark.”
However, as the two children suffered, they could do little to help each other.
As they grew older, they inevitably stopped sharing a bedroom, and their lives began in earnest.
Spencer headed off to Eton College, where he would learn to follow in his father’s aristocratic footsteps.
Meanwhile, Diana found herself courted by then-Prince Charles, who seemed intent on making her his wife.
Naturally, Diana’s relationship with the future king put a target on her back.
Her Mini Metro was followed by 12 cars and 1 motorbike of tabloid journalists."
When Diana married the prince a few months later, the media attention grew all the more.
Spencer, in response, began to tune out all the noise about his sister.
And, you separate the media personality from the real person who is a member of your family.
And that’s all that matters."
This was especially true in 1996 whenPrincess Diana was going through a very public divorcewith then-Prince Charles.
At the time, the princess was trying desperately to reinvent herself outside of the constraints of royal life.
Diana wore shorter skirts, kept a smaller staff, and even tapered down her private security team.
Her brother by then the Earl Spencer loved the idea.
However, he had one hang-up.
And it was just not possible.
The police knew it wouldn’t work."
He continued, “I offered every other property that was suitable on the estate.”
Largely because of herunconventional relationship with Dodi Fayed, Di was attacked by the media time and time again.
As royal expert Sally Bedell Smith toldUSA Today, “[Tabloids] were really lurid.
It was highly unusual.”
In practice, this meant exposing the princes to the world beyond palace walls as Diana once wished.
Ultimately, though, it proved difficult for Spencer to protect the princes even when he tried to.
In the end, though, the royal subjected William and Harry to the ordeal.
Through these patronages, Diana inspired people from across the world.
