PRINCESS Diana passed away in 1997 and her legacy has been kept alive by her family ever since.
Her brother, Earl Charles Spencer, in particular, speaks often about his sister. But what other brothers did she have?
How many brothers did Princess Diana have?
Princess Diana came from a large family and had five children.
His parents were John Spencer and Frances Shand Kydd.
The couple divorced in 1969 and John was awarded sole custody of the children.
Diana’s younger brother Charles told The Sunday Times in 2020 about their parents’ split: “Our father was a calm, constant source of love, but our mother was not cut out for motherhood.
“It’s not her fault, she didn’t make it. She was in love with someone else – in love, actually.”
Who are Princess Diana’s brothers and sisters?
Lady Sarah McCorquodale
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Lady Sarah McCorquodale is one of Diana’s older sisters.
She was born on March 19, 1955 and is the oldest of the siblings.
Despite remaining out of the spotlight since her sister’s death, she has remained close to her nephews, Prince William and Prince Harry.
Lady Sarah was responsible for introducing the then Prince Charles to Diana, after a brief courtship with him.
She reportedly told Time magazine in 1978: “There’s no chance of me marrying him. I’m not in love with him.
“And I wouldn’t marry someone I didn’t love, whether he was the dustman or the king of England.”
Charles and Diana met at a shooting party in 1977 at the Spencer family home in Althorp when she was 16 and he was 29.
Sarah married a year before her sister, in 1980, to Neil McCorquodale.
The couple have three children, Emily, George and Celia and are still together to this day.
Lady Jane Fellowes
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Lady Jane Fellowes is Diana’s second eldest sister, born on 11 February 1957.
She is said to be the most academically gifted of the Spencers and to have achieved a “full” of O and A levels at West Heath boarding school in Sevenoaks, Kent.
She was married at 21 to Robert Fellowes, assistant private secretary to the late Queen and first cousin of Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York.
Diana was a bridesmaid at her wedding at Westminster Abbey.
The couple had three children, Laura, Alexander and Eleanor.
Diana’s former butler, Paul Burrell, claimed the sisters hadn’t spoken “for several years” before Diana died.
He said the tension occurred because of Lord Fellowes’ role as secretary to the Queen.
But other members denied any problems.
After Princess Diana died in a car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997, Lady Jane and Lady Sarah accompanied King Charles to bring her body back to the United Kingdom.
In 2017, Sarah and her brother Charles spoke about the tragedy in the BBC documentary, Diana 7 Days, and explained that Lady Jane called them and broke the news.
Charles Spencer
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Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, was born on 20 May 1964 and is Diana’s younger brother.
He has arguably been the most public brother since Diana’s death.
He recently announced his divorce from his third wife, Karen Gordon, after getting married in 2011.
He told the Mail on Sunday: “It’s immensely sad.
“I just want to dedicate myself to all my children and my grandchildren, and I wish Karen every happiness in the future.”
They had one daughter together, Lady Charlotte Diana Spencer, born in 2012.
Their marriage is said to have broken down in recent years under the strain of the Earl’s memoir, A Very Private School, where he opened up about the physical and sexual abuse he suffered while at boarding school.
Charles is the father of Lady Kitty Spencer, twins Eliza and Amelia Spencer and Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp, with his ex-wife Victoria Aitkin.
He is also the father of Edmund and Lara, whom he shares with his second wife, Caroline Freud.
John Spencer
John Spencer was Diana’s older brother, but he died just hours after her birth in 1960.
The family revealed a moving tribute in 2022.
Charles took to Instagram to reveal a restoration of John’s headstone.
It read: “In loving memory of John Spencer, son of the Viscount and Viscountess Althorp, born and died January 12, 1960.”
Who are Princess Diana’s half-siblings?
John Spencer and Frances Shand Kydd divorced in 1969 and had other relationships.
Frances remarried in 1969 to Peter Shand Kydd before they divorced in 1990.
John remarried to Raine McCorquodale, Countess of Dartmouth in 1976.
Johnnie Shand Kydd
Johnnie Shand Kydd is the youngest son of Peter Shand Kydd and Janet Munro Kerr and Diana’s half-brother.
He was born in 1959 and is a photographer.
He studied Art and English at the University of Exeter, but said he had painted enough to know he didn’t want to pursue it.
Adam Shand Kydd
Adam Shand Kydd was born on September 5, 1954.
He became a writer and published his book Happy Trails in 1984.
He passed away in 2004, aged 49.
Henry Legge
Henry Legge is the son of Raine McCorquodale and was born in December 1968.
He works as a lawyer but tends to stay out of the spotlight.
He has three children and has been married to his partner Cressida Hogg since 1995.
Rupert Legge
Rupert Legge is a qualified lawyer and has also published several books.
He wrote Children of Light, Fashionable Circles, Playing with Fire and A Dangerous Age.
He was born on January 1, 1951.
William Legge
William Legge is the eldest son of the 9th Earl of Dartmouth and Raine McCorquodale.
He sat in the European Parliament as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England.
He was elected by the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and served as national spokesperson for trade from 2010 to 2018.
He resigned from UKIP in 2018.
Carlota, Duchess of Carcaci
Charlotte, Duchess of Carcaci, runs her own jewelry business called Legge & Braine.
She is often seen posting to her Instagram page, where she has 64,000 followers as of June 2024.
She lives in Chelsea, London, with her family.
Everything you need to know about Princess Diana’s final years
After years of separation, Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorced in 1996.
In 1997, Princess Diana spent the summer in the south of France and Italy. During August, she visited Sarajevo, Bosnia, to highlight the fight against landmines.
At the end of the month, the Princess of Wales and Dodi Al-Fayed traveled together to Paris.
It has been revealed that Princess Diana stayed longer than planned in Paris due to a row over her campaign against landmines.
Traveling in a black Mercedes Benz, Princess Diana was involved in a car accident in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel on August 31, 1997.
The Princess of Wales died at the age of 36.
Her funeral was held on September 6, 1997. As her coffin traveled from Kensington Palace to Westminster Abbey, Prince William and Prince Harry walked behind their late mother.
Princess Diana’s mother, Frances Shand Kydd, and sisters, Jane Fellowes and Sarah McCorquodale, also attended the funeral.
The Princess of Wales was buried in her childhood home – Althorp House
If it weren’t for her tragic death, Princess Diana would have turned 62 today.
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