Princess Diana’s mom, Frances Shand Kydd, was notoriously “not cut out for maternity”, having left her children at a young age.
Frances was married to John Spencer, the 8th Earl Spencer. Together they had four kids, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Jane Fellowes, Charles Spencer and Princess Diana.
When Diana was 7-years-old, Frances and John divorced and Frances left her children. Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, has now opened up about the difficult time they went through in an interview with The Sunday Times. “Diana and I had two older sisters who were away at school, so she and I were very much in it together and I did talk to her about it,” he said, ahead of his book release The White Ship. “Our father was a quiet and constant source of
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