Lady Diana Spencer

Lady Diana Frances Spencer

Daughter of John Spencer, 8th Earl of Spencer (1924-1992) by his first wife Hon. Frances Roche (1936-2004), herself a daughter of Edmund Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy

Born: Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk 1. Jul 1961

Christened: St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham 30. Aug 1961

Godparents:

• John Floyd (her father’s friend, Chairman of Christie’s)

• Alexander Gilmour (her father’s cousin)

• Lady Mary Colman (niece of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother)

• Sarah Pratt (friend of her parents)

• Carol Fox (another friend of her parents)

Married: St. Paul’s Cathedral, London 29. Jul 1981 (div. 1996) Charles, Prince of Wales (1948), son of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, formerly Prince of Greece and Denmark (1921) and Queen Elizabeth II. of the United Kingdom (1926)

Issue:

• Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982) m. 2011 Catherine Middleton (1982)

• Prince Henry of Wales (1984)

Died: Pitié-Salpetière Hospital, Paris 31. Aug 1997 after a car crash

Buried: Althorp, Northamptonshire

 Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; GHdA, Fürsten II, Vol XVII 2004; Marita A. Panzer “Englands Königinnen“ Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2001; for godparents see Yvonne’s Royalty Home Page http://users.uniserve.com/~canyon/index.htm