John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
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Oct 7, 2026
Matthew SweetGUEST
You know, there were a lot of letters that they exchanged.
Matthew SweetGUEST
But there was a kind of a bit of coolness between the House of Windsor and, and Barbara because Barbara had really, and B- and Raine too, had tried to capitalize upon the royal wedding by offering coach tours and days out, um, between Althorp House and, and Camfield, where you have, you know, you had lunch with, uh, Johnny Spencer and then tea with Barbara.
Matthew SweetGUEST
That was the, that was the deal.
Matthew SweetGUEST
And they were expensive, these trips.
Matthew SweetGUEST
You know, Barbara made no secret of that.
Matthew SweetGUEST
But what struck me about the Charles S- Spencer's book is there are two moments in it where he observes his sister, Diana, being kind to Raine.
Matthew SweetGUEST
One moment is at the funeral of their father, Johnny Spencer, and Diana goes over to talk to Raine and her family at the funeral.
Matthew SweetGUEST
And another where he sees that Diana and Raine and Barbara, and Barbara are having lunch together and that, that Raine and, and Diana seem to have, uh, uh, have formed a kind of friendship shortly before she was killed.
Matthew SweetGUEST
You know, there were a lot of letters that they exchanged.
Matthew SweetGUEST
But there was a kind of a bit of coolness between the House of Windsor and, and Barbara because Barbara had really, and B- and Raine too, had tried to capitalize upon the royal wedding by offering coach tours and days out, um, between Althorp House and, and Camfield, where you have, you know, you had lunch with, uh, Johnny Spencer and then tea with Barbara.
Matthew SweetGUEST
That was the, that was the deal.
Matthew SweetGUEST
And they were expensive, these trips.
Matthew SweetGUEST
You know, Barbara made no secret of that.
Matthew SweetGUEST
But what struck me about the Charles S- Spencer's book is there are two moments in it where he observes his sister, Diana, being kind to Raine.
Matthew SweetGUEST
One moment is at the funeral of their father, Johnny Spencer, and Diana goes over to talk to Raine and her family at the funeral.
Matthew SweetGUEST
And another where he sees that Diana and Raine and Barbara, and Barbara are having lunch together and that, that Raine and, and Diana seem to have, uh, uh, have formed a kind of friendship shortly before she was killed.
Lady Colin CampbellGUEST
And Barbara Cotland told me, Barbara Cotland to those... of your viewers who don't know, was a very famous authoress who was the mother of Rain Spencer, who was Charles Spencer's stepmother.
Lady Colin CampbellGUEST
That Rain, when she was marrying Johnny Spencer, took the decision that her children would never be mixing with the Spencer children because they would pollute and corrupt them.
Lady Colin CampbellGUEST
And William Dartmouth, who is, who's, uh, who's Barbara Cotland's grandson and Reign's son with her first husband, Gerald Dartmouth, as he became.
Lady Colin CampbellGUEST
And William, when he was still William Lewisham, because he was vagabond Lewisham, he's now the Earl of Dartmouth.
Catriona RowntreeGUEST
day, my producer and I, we are absolutely, we're Mad King Princess Diana fans.
Catriona RowntreeGUEST
And after she passed, we were able to get a 15-minute interview at Old Thorpe, her former home, with Lord Spencer.
Catriona RowntreeGUEST
I think it could, is he Earl? Oh, anyway, we were able to get an interview with her brother and we were given 15 minutes.
Catriona RowntreeGUEST
And this was such a thrill just to get these 15 minutes to go into the home.
KatieHOST
Oh,
ChandraHOST
I thought the story that Earl Spencer talked about when he inherited the earldom from his father, Johnny Spencer.
ChandraHOST
Johnny Spencer died while Prince Charles and Diana were still married.
KatieHOST
Back in 1992.
Uschi LevyGUEST
Bueno, Jorge, en este libro hay varias novedades que causan impacto.
Uschi LevyGUEST
Algunas se refieren al padre de Diana y de Charles, el conde, por supuesto, John Spencer.
Uschi LevyGUEST
Charles dice, por ejemplo, que cuando su padre se casó sin avisar con Rainem, que era la condesa de Dartmouth, Diana le dio una cachetada.
Uschi LevyGUEST
Y también dice que mucho antes de eso, su padre tuvo interés en la entonces princesa Isabel de Inglaterra, luego reina, pero que Lord Mountbatten le puso fin al asunto porque quería que ella se casara con su sobrino, el príncipe Felipe, cosa que en efecto sucedió.
Bernard PercivalGUEST
Uh, the book itself is 27 quid in hardback, and, and obviously they will presumably have plans for it to, uh, go into paperback.
Fran CurryHOST
There was that extraordinary allegation that his own father, John Spencer, had a romantic, uh, connection with Princess Elizabeth, as she was at the time, um, supposedly ended by Lord Mountbatten.
Fran CurryHOST
What, what's been made of that?
Bernard PercivalGUEST
Because he wa- Well, again, I mean, it's the, uh, it sh- there's a big element of it should've been us throughout.
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Morgan C. JonesGUEST
I mean, I'm kind of the throwback in my family.
Morgan C. JonesGUEST
A lot of my people became journalists and designers, um, but which, which made them throwbacks because the Shields family, uh, were, um, were predominantly printers and designers.
Morgan C. JonesGUEST
Um, Adolphus Shields, my great-great-great-grandfather, was, um, a, a print, a print man and, uh, a journalist, was one of the founders of the Freeman's Journal, founded several, uh, trade unions.
Morgan C. JonesGUEST
It was actually Adolphus who invited James Connolly to Dublin to, um, get involved-
Maureen CallahanHOST
And the royal family may do with them what they want.
Maureen CallahanHOST
So disrespectful to King Charles, the then Prince of Wales, King Charles, that as the father, he was incapable of taking care of his boys.
Maureen CallahanHOST
And that Charles was going to take care of all of this.
Maureen CallahanHOST
Well, Charles, bang up fucking job, my man.
Maureen CallahanHOST
I have often looked back, reckoning that a more caring hand at such points as this would have helped him enormously in the future.
Maureen CallahanHOST
Instead, he seemed so very alone in his despair and torment.
Maureen CallahanHOST
So Charles Spencer is saying that Charles was an uncaring father who either did not notice or was not concerned at Harry's obvious spinning out of control.
Maureen CallahanHOST
He's also, without naming him, accusing William of the same.
Michael GoveHOST
Hello and welcome to Quite Right, the Spectator's podcast with me, Michael Gove, the editor of The Spectator, and Madeleine Grant, assistant editor and parliamentary sketch writer.
Michael GoveHOST
And this week we'll be discussing Spencer versus Windsor, the real Game of Thrones, in which these two noble, or are they, houses battle over the reputation of the late Diana.
Michael GoveHOST
We'll also be considering the Liberal Democrats.
Michael GoveHOST
Relevant or visible? And we'll also be reflecting on the Church of England.
Michael GoveHOST
After Archbishop Sarah Mullally had to withdraw an honour that she extended to a Pakistani cleric after it was discovered that he himself had called for an honour for Osama bin Laden, what is the future of the Church? This week, Charles Spencer, Earl Spencer, brother of Lady Diana, the late Princess of Wales, has published a memoir, Swan Song, built around the eulogy that he gave at her funeral 29 years ago.
Michael GoveHOST
And the striking thing about the memoir is... is the, if not savage, certainly caustic tone that he deploys towards the royal family in general and the king in particular.
Michael GoveHOST
And I think it's the first time that Buckingham Palace has responded directly to any of the plethora of books that have been written which have been critical and have professed to be inside accounts of the king's weaknesses or other member of the royal family's foibles.
Michael GoveHOST
The Palace has said that, quotes, they are mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory.
Piers MorganHOST
Mm
Katie NichollGUEST
... with Johnny Spencer.
Katie NichollGUEST
Well, if you checked your facts-
Piers MorganHOST
Based on what?
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