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Lady Diana Beauclerk
English noblewoman and artist
Not to be confused with Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans or Diana de Vere Beauclerk.
Lady Diana Beauclerk (néeLady Diana Spencer; other married nameDiana St John, Viscountess Bolingbroke; 24 March – 1 August ) was an English noblewoman and celebrated artist.
Early life
[edit]Beauclerk was born into the aristocratric Spencer family as the daughter of Charles, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (–), and the eth Trevor (d. ). Her siblings were George (later 4th Duke), Lord Charles Spencer, and Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke. Her great-grandmother was the formidable Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.[1] She was raised at Langley Park, Buckinghamshire, where she was introduced to art at an early age. Sir Joshua Reynolds was a family friend.
Marriages and children
[edit]On 8 September , she married Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke (&#;). From to she was Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charl
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Diana, Princess of Wales
Member of the British royal family (–)
Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Diana Spencer (disambiguation), Lady Di (disambiguation), People's Princess (disambiguation), and Princess Diana (disambiguation).
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| Born | Diana Frances Spencer ()1 July Park House, Sandringham, England |
| Died | 31 August () (aged&#;36) Paris, France |
| Cause&#;of death | Car crash |
| Burial | 6 September Althorp, Northamptonshire, England |
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| Father | John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer |
| Mother | Frances Roche |
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Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1&#;July &#;– 31&#;August ), was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles&#;III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her activism and glamour, which made her an international icon, earned her enduring popularity.
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One of Princess Diana's closest friends has opened up about her grief, 25 years after the princess's tragic death, and of her joy at being Prince George's godmother.
Psychotherapist Julia Samuel told The Observer Magazine: "I feel lucky I was such a good friend of Princess Diana. And I really love my godson, George. And it's a lovely way of loving her."
Samuel met Diana in the s and became close to Prince William as a result. Since Diana's death in a fordon crash in Paris in , she has remained a close family friend of the prince and was asked to be a godmother to Prince George—William and Kate Middleton's eldest son—in
Speaking in on an episode of the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast, Samuel explained how she likes to pull the same trick that Diana used to play with her children when it came to giving presents:
"She was godmother to my son so I do to George what she did to us, which is give impossible toys that are really noisy and take a lot of making. I c