A Title Is Not Enough? The Diana Chronicles 

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Exactly! Combine that with KCIII's privileged upbringing he wasn't able to offer any empathy or compassion. They were gasoline & matches from the beginning. I always thought the real problem was Lady Fermoy & the Queen Mum who set the whole thin up!

KC3 wasn't exactly innocent in that. As soon as he got off the boat from the honeymoon, he was off to sit in a marsh for a month of painting. Neither one of them were exactly emotionally stable or had healthy coping skills.

This was funny but I think Diana had issues just like her son and would probably said a lot more if it wasn't for her son being king one day

Please read. I said "part of the reason." @@wildblue0

@@isabelwright8910 I totally agree with you.

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Barbara worked hard, had fun, and enjoyed her best life. She was seen as a bit of a joke by snobs, but she unapologetically did what made her happy.

@@GinaSeay-kn7xr We could learn a bit from that example?🫖☕️

​@@GinaSeay-kn7xrShe was so OTT, she was fantastic!

That’s so true about rationed clothing, fabric, lace, silk stockings, food, etc. during and after WWII ended. My MIL was a “war bride” from Italy, and her village, Eboli, was bombed and completely destroyed. Her family lost everything, fled the Nazi’s, and hid and lived in mountain caves for 6 months. When the war ended, my FIL’s parents sent the wedding bands, wedding gown, veil, undergarments, silk stockings, wedding shoes, “something old, something blue” from the US to Italy for their December 1945 wedding. The whole village was invited to the wedding. They followed on foot the bride-to-be and her family to the church for the wedding ceremony and then followed the married couple back to a cleared out area decorated for the outdoor reception. Everyone brought a dish made with whatever food items they could get their hands on. A young German POW being held at a nearby US Army encampment nearby, befriended my FIL and baked and decorated the wedding cake. He had been an apprentice pastry chef before being conscripted in Hitler’s war. It was a happy day despite all the destruction that surrounded them.

What a fantastic story!

I also read that about Spencer's cruelty to his wife , initially because she bore him a daughter when he wanted a son, he blamed her completely and she had a breakdown of some sort , his son is similar I , think .

@@bernardcassidy6497 Some say the father was violent, others say it was an excuse to get out of the marriage (an excuse that was acceptable and believable to others). Certainly it seems he wasn't bad tempered or violent towards his second wife at all but his son on the other hand has a history of being violent towards ex wives and at least one daughter.

@@musicandbooklover-p2oit appears that he was better with Raine partly because it is said he was afraid of her. One of the biographers said that Barbara Cartland told at least one person that she went after him with a gun when he tried to physically hurt her. And then he had his stroke. But there is definitely a streak of violence running with the Spencer genes.

@@dhjdmba5684 Goes back centuries and it wasn't just husbands abusing wives but a fair few wives have abused husbands and kids as well. Not even staying in the direct line but in off=shoots as well if you read their history. A really nasty family with some very nasty - but genetically very strong - traits that seem to constantly reappear. Which makes me seriously worried about William's kids, not so much about them but their kids or grandkids, because George might have a son or daughter - or a grandson/daughter who turns out like Harry and is the first born. That would be an utter disaster and it's one reason the monarchy had never (allegedly) married into the family although plenty of Spencers had tried their luck over the decades. Diana's grandmother openly lied and hid a lot of things from the Queen mother who later admitted that IF she had known and investigated herself rather than simply believing her friend she would never have backed the marriage. She even apologised to Charles for helping to basically ruin his life. As to the current Earl, while he was invited to both daughter's weddings he was subtly informed that he wasn't welcome - which is why he made out that his injury was too bad to attend even though one was fairly close to the UK in Europe, he saved face that way - and he did get the message that he wasn't wanted. Apparently if he had ignored it - according to a family friend - and attended then neither bride would have had their mothers there. Both ex-wives are friends, both suffered at his hands and neither wants to have anything to do with him. Both also attended both weddings and it will be interesting to see if he attends the weddings of any of his sons as well. The kids all know what he was like and what he did - heck, it was spread over the front pages of the papers and lead the TV news broadcasts at the time, he certainly didn't give a toss about the embarrassment it must have caused his sister Diana, the one he is/was allegedly so close to - and quite a number seem to have nothing to do with him. Which might make me wonder what the one was like who DID have much to do with him. Hopefully the next Earl won't be like the current one.

​@@musicandbooklover-p2oso many parents treat their second spouse and that spouse's children better

There is a lot to admire about Raine isn’t there! 💕🤗

@@thevintageread I cannot allow the opportunity to pass without saying that, through an unexpected and unusual set of circumstances, I found myself as the personal guest of Earl Spencer and Raine Spencer for morning tea one day. It was an experience I have never forgotten. The Earl exhibited all the courtesy and good manners of one which would be expected of his position in life asking me all about my life and my interests and then pointing out our mutual experiences. As for Raine, she was elegant, gracious, full of good humor and her hostessing charm not equaled by any I have met before or since. She sent me home with a memento I will always treasure! They came across as a happy and devoted couple - which is more than can be said by some members of the Spencer family that I have witnessed since that meeting. That Fayed spoke of her as being hard-working and dedicated was praise well-deserved, I would say. She did indeed love the Earl as was very evident when they were together and doesn't seem to have been treated as well as she might have been by certain of her step-children, two of whom at least we know had easily inflamed tempers. As you say, a great deal to be admired about this lady!

@@kerriferguson2023 It has been well reported that whenever she managed to save a few pennies to put towards restoring the house and estate the son would spend days whinging to his father because she spent HER money on the estate when he thought it should have been given to him to waste instead. He is a nasty piece of work - always has been according to family who, incidentally, also claimed that the stories of the bad temper and violence by his first wife were made up because they were acceptable reasons to get a divorce, simply running away wasn't in those days. No idea if it's true but the son was and is nasty and made headlines in the past for all the wrong reasons. The two older girls both seem to be OK though, it's the youngest two who were the issue. And no, my relatives didn't like Diana any more than they liked her brother.

@@musicandbooklover-p2o Such Interesting facts that seem to slip by the fawning media. Raine did indeed do a great deal to assist in ensuring the upkeep and smooth running of Althorp and was ultimately treated abysmally by some younger members of the family and in a way that would be considered deplorable in any "class" of people. The eulogy delivered at Diana's funeral by Spencer horrified and appalled me at the time and there is NO excuse for such disrespect to the Royal Family and for airing one's personal venom on such an occasion. He seized the occasion to elevate his own importance (as he saw it and in my opinion). I have to say that I must agree with your comment about the sisters who do not seem to have put a foot wrong and behave with class at all times. Diana and the Earl however, have not always done so.

@@kerriferguson2023 There really does seem to be a huge difference between the eldest two and the youngest two, you'd never believe they were from the same parents. The two younger ones are/were true Spencers in every sense of the word and they've shown their colours to the world as well. But Diana was good enough at manipulating the media as to be able to hide her real self from the public (I'd have believed them if I didn't have family who knew the Spencers and passed on the juicy gossip to mum in their weekly aerogrammes). It's only largely since she died that people have spoken out more and her halo has tarnished somewhat. She did a lot of good but I think she did it because she craved the attention, if there had been nothing in it for her I'm not so certain she would have been interested (think of all the headlines she got simply for visiting HIV patients, if the headlines hadn't been there I doubt she would have visited in the first place, she certainly tried to ensure everything was about her to the detriment of some of the charities she was supposedly highlighting) simply because it was the right thing to do or to support. Like Camilla and domestic abuse victims, she's helped and supported them for decades without any public fanfare or interest, I honestly couldn't see Diana doing the same thing for nothing herself, it simply wasn't in her character to do that. She was an attention seeker and it was a part of who she was. Good and bad like all of us but many of the Spencers seem to show the extremes of both rather than ride happily along in the middle lanes like most of us do. She was a lot more like Meghan than people want to admit, though whether that meant she would have liked or hated Meghan is something else. Could have gone either way I suspect depending on what was in it for her attention wise.

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Thanks for watching! I’m glad it gave you a giggle 🤭

​@@thevintageread Giggle? More a roaring laughter, Shauna 😂. But, tbh: Too. Much. Information. 🤢

Yes I think she would have been a fun and fascinating person to know!

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Yes In another video I did… I have lots of lovely supportive people on this channel, I feel very grateful & lucky 😊💗

@@thevintageread I think people appreciate your channel because you're posed and poised, and don't indulge in any histrionics. Hoping you'll continue entertaining us for a long time! 💐

@@dottieparker7274 Totally agree - I’m a bit of a curmudgeon the older I get and I love Shaunas take on life and I’m her reviews For me she offers a more tempered and balanced approach that often makes me reflect my knee jerk reactions and come to a more reasoned conclusion

I agree. Who does that? Diana was no saint.

I personally think the Spencers were awful and extremely manipulative. Everyone thinks Charles cheating with camilla was terrible but that was ONE woman. Diana numerous affairs with many different men. When Diana’s father died, Diana and her siblings put her step mother’s belongings in trash bags and threw it out on the lawn. she was married to him over 20 years. What appalling behavior. And pushing her down a flight of stairs, I agree who behaves like that. And when Diana died her mother and sister went tho court to become executors of her will and made their own changes. I always thought the Spencer’s were awful manipulative and greedy people.

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@@mario-qi3yw her stepmother. She pushed her step mother down the stairs

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It is a bit! 😂

That facelift is in fact a thing! They sold it on TV, I caught the add on a sleepless night ages ago. It was called "Yearsaway" and it was basically two strips of 3M tape joined by an elastic. I always wondered if in the end it made the skin saggier! 🤣 the things people do

The Dame Edna comparison is classic! Always thought this too.

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Yes I really love the way she writes!

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may look like Trump Tower..

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Wow! What a fantastic snippet! Thanks 😊💗

It does sound awful! How amazing you actually saw it. I guess It did turn the Spencer’s fortunes around so at least Charles could afford to close the house!

The House is open in July and August, plus you can get married there and they hold conferences.

@nicolad8822 thank you for the info. 🙂

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Yes, it can be hard to be a step parent, especially if you don't take the time to allow everyone to get to know each other. I never trashed their mum to their faces, and I worked with her as much as I could (we were in separate towns). I made it very clear that I didn't want to encroach on her territory. The kids and I have a fantastic relationship, but we've nurtured it for 36 years.

Really! Wow (so juicy!) 😊

I’ve heard the Duke of Sutherland mentioned. She didn’t look much like a Windsor.

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She did have a beautiful face! (The hair let her down!)

Having been in the dental field, I feel so bad for these two ladies who enjoyed smiling so much. Their bright lipstick showcases poorly fitted crowns on a sea of puffy gums!😢

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I do think The Diana Chronicles gives you a great balanced overview… but I will have to have a think about one that focuses more on the Spencers…leave it with me! 😉

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What a fabulous story!

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Gary Oldman! 💗👏🤗😂

The hair is huge!

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Drama gene indeed!

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Yes I agree very complex! Fascinating take on that inner palace world though!

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Oh interesting! I suspected but I thought I might sound a little pretentious 😂💗😎

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I’ll have to read it! 🤗