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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.
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...
Jun 4, 2020 · Born in London as Raine McCorquodale in September 1929, Raine was the only child of novelist Dame Barbara Cartland and Alexander McCorquodale. In 1947 at the age of 18, Raine was launched...
- 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.
Jan 29, 2021 · Lady Charlotte Spencer. The Earl's only daughter with his third wife, Karen, is just 8 years old and lives with her parents at Althorp. Her middle name is Diana, after her late aunt. Celia, Emily and George McCorquodale. Emily McCorquodale and James Hutt on their wedding day, 2012 Geoff Pugh / Shutterstock.
- Rebecca Cope
Oct 31, 2023 · Barbara married Alexander McCorquodale in 1927 after rejecting no less than 56 other proposals of marriage. After the birth of her daughter, Raine, in 1929, Barbara continued to write novels, while providing anonymous tips, articles and columns for a variety of publications, designing successful pageants and exhibitions, and, particularly ...
Oct 22, 2016 · Born Raine McCorquodale in 1929, she was the only child of the prolific romantic novelist Dame Barbara Cartland and, officially, Alexander McCorquodale, a British Army captain from Scotland and ...
