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  1. Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer (née McCorquodale; 9 September 1929 – 21 October 2016) was a British socialite and local politician. She was the daughter of Alexander McCorquodale and the romantic novelist and socialite Barbara Cartland and the stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.

  2. Oct 21, 2016 · Our favourite photos of the late Raine, Countess Spencer. We look back on the life of the late Raine, Countess Spencer, who was Diana, Princess of Wales's stepmother. The British socialite and former local politician's immaculately coiffed hair long graced the pages of Bystander...

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  3. Diana, Princess of Wales with her stepmother Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer at Northampton, July 1983. Mrs Raine Legge, the daughter of authoress Barbara Cartland, wife of Gerald Legge and later Countess Spencer, step-mother of Princess Diana.

  4. May 11, 2024 · Countess Raine Spencer was standing in her grand English manor when the most famous woman in the world lunged forward and shoved her down the stairs.

    • She was born in London to “commoner” parents — but held five titles throughout her life. Raine Spencer was born Raine McCorquodale in 1929, the only child of Alexander McCorquodale, the heir to a printing fortune as well as an officer in the British Army, and Dame Barbara Cartland, a famed romance novelist.
    • She had a famously tense relationship with her stepdaughter, Diana. After her marriage to Earl Spencer, the family was less than accepting, says Seward, who was a friend of Raine’s.
    • She was criticized for her running of Althorp, the Spencer family’s ancestral home. Raine’s marriage to Earl Spencer brought changes not just in the Spencer family, but in their home, too.
    • Many credit her for nursing her husband, Earl Spencer, back to health after a stroke. Just two years after she married Earl Spencer, he suffered a massive stroke.
  5. Feb 22, 2020 · Raine Spencer, née McCorquodale, was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1929, the only child of romance novelist Barbara Cartland and army officer Alexander McCorquodale. Photographer recalls Diana...

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  7. Oct 21, 2016 · Getty Images. Raine Spencer, stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, has died at 87 after a short illness, her family has announced. Countess Spencer died on Friday morning at her London...

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