If there is one thing Her Majesty knows, besides good equine breeding and how to make a cracking martini, it’s that no one is immune from shifting social mores. It is not good enough to write off this situation as simply some sort of benign hangover from centuries of aristocratic custom or as some sort of curious foible of the titled classes. I understand he would want Althorp to stay in the family, but I refuse to believe there are not legal means to recognise his daughters to some extent.Ĭhoosing one child over another based on nothing more than gender is downright appalling. If Earl Spencer doesn’t want to choose between his children, then get the raft of expensive London lawyers I’m sure he has access to to create some sort of nifty trust. (I’m guessing he never cracked open any Germaine Greer or Andrew Dworkin while he was at Oxford …) As the father of five daughters, it is galling that Earl Spencer would so cheerfully waive any claim these girls could have to the family holdings. It’s a question of doing away with these vestiges of entrenched sexism. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. ^ "Why are they famous?: Countess Victoria Spencer".Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. " 'I was hurt, scared and devastated' by Earl's affair". "Diana's niece Lady Amelia Spencer marries in opulent Versace gown". "All About Princess Diana's Niece Lady Amelia Spencer Ahead of Her Wedding". "Dolce & Gabbana on creating Lady Kitty Spencer's stunning wedding dress". "The Spencer Brides: From Lady Diana to Victoria Lockwood, this dynasty has always led the way in bridal fashion". Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. ![]() "Style Makers Tomasz Starzewski, Fashion Designer". ^ John Pearson, Blood Royal: The Story of the Spencers and the Royals (A&C Black, 2011), 320 pages, ISBN 9781448207770.They have a son, Samuel Aitken (born 18 April 2003). In 2005, Victoria, Countess Spencer married South African businessman Jonathan Aitken they divorced in 2009. After their divorce on 3 December 1997, Lord Spencer moved back to the United Kingdom, and subsequently remarried. ![]() The couple moved with their four children to South Africa in 1995 to avoid the media. It was alleged that the earl had an extra-marital affair with a journalist early in the marriage. She suffered from eating disorders and drug and alcohol abuse during her first marriage.
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