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Fiona Shackleton: the fearsome divorce lawyer hired by the King, Paul McCartney and now Earl Spencer

She’s known as ‘steel magnolia’, was soaked with water by Paul McCartney’s ex in court and ensured Diana was forced to drop her HRH title. Now, Earl Spencer has employed her talents for his third divorce

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Police investigate historical abuse at Earl Spencer’s boarding school

Northamptonshire Police are looking into allegations of abuse said to have taken place in the 1970s at Maidwell Hall School

The Independent UK

OPINION - Earl Spencer's third divorce makes me think he could use some traditional advice

Earl Spencer plainly is a forgiving man. For his latest divorce, his third, from Karen Gordon, he’s hired Fiona Shackleton, the legendary divorce lawyer who acted for Prince Charles (as was) in his sister Diana’s divorce. No matter. Lady Shackleton — the lucrativeness of whose speciality can be seen in…

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Police investigate historical abuse at Earl Spencer's boarding school

Princess Diana’s brother claimed he suffered physical and sexual abuse at Maidwell Hall in the 1970s

Evening Standard

Earl Spencer hires same divorce lawyer used by King Charles to separate from Diana

Earl Charles Spencer has moved to end his third marriage to Karen Spencer

The Independent UK

Charles Spencer, Princess Diana’s brother, reveals ‘immensely sad’ divorce from wife Karen Spencer

The former couple were married in June 2011 and share 12-year-old daughter Charlotte Diana

The Independent UK

Princess Diana's Brother Charles Spencer and Wife Karen Are Ending Their Marriage

The 9th Earl Spencer and his spouse are calling it quits after nearly 13 years.

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Princess Diana's brother Charles Spencer to divorce third wife Karen Gordon

The couple announced their separation to staff at their Althorp estate in Northamptonshire in March

Evening Standard

Charles Spencer says schoolmaster he accuses of abusing him as a boy lives near his home

Younger brother of late Princess Diana speaks at Hay Festival about memoir A Very Private School

The Independent UK

Diana chauffeur and BBC agree payout over claim Martin Bashir slandered him

Steve Davies lost job six months after journalist falsely claimed to the princess he ‘feeds [the] Today newspaper … change your chauffeur’

The Guardian - UK

What by John Cooper Clarke review – sharp social commentary from the Bard of Salford

With subjects ranging from Elvis to bubble and squeak, the poet’s unmistakable delivery elevates his satirical verse to the realms of high art

The Guardian - UK

Boarding school matrons and the ‘abuse that is hardly ever spoken of’

After Charles Spencer’s revelation, former boarders tell of abuse by women – and complicity in crimes of male colleagues

The Guardian - UK

Five Great Reads: Ant kings, Lady Diana’s brother and the Trump effect in Australian politics

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU

For many of us, boarding school was no gilded life

Letters: Readers, including psychotherapists and former boarders, respond to Gaby Hinsliff’s article about Charles Spencer and the abuse he experienced at school

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Boarding schools can do tremendous harm. Charles Spencer’s bleak memoir proves it

Many boys educated privately hand their trauma to the next generation – and, dangerously, to those who are raised to govern, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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'If you loved me, you wouldn't leave me here' - Charles Spencer reveals Princess Diana’s poignant words to her father on being sent to boarding school

Earl Spencer reveals chilling details of his boarding school days

Evening Standard

Diana’s brother Earl Spencer says childhood nanny ‘cracked our heads together’

The 59-year-old said the punishment ‘really hurt’.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Britain's class system is hell for everyone — just ask an aristocrat like Charles Spencer how toxic it is

The film Saltburn described an aristocratic family in an exquisite home being destroyed by a middle-class demon. How pitiful he was, we thought, to hate such gilded creatures. But they should have looked closer to home.

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Earl Spencer says he was sexually abused at his boarding school

The brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, says he was abused by an assistant matron at the school when he was 11

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Princess Diana's younger brother Charles Spencer reveals he was sexually abused at boarding school

Earl Charles Spencer’s memoir is also reported to reveal he lost his virginity to a sex worker aged 12

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Princess Charlotte is the spitting image of this royal relative in never-seen-before childhood photo

The resemblance has sent royal fans into a frenzy

GoodToKnow

Previously unreleased Spencer family photo shows exactly where Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet got their red hair

There's no doubt about it, the Spencer genes are strong!

Marie Claire

With Days to Go, Princess Diana Nearly Called Off Her Wedding to Prince Charles—Until This Key Player Intervened

“As far as Diana was concerned, the royal wedding was off.”

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Earl Spencer convinced Princess Diana not to call off wedding

This article reveals how Princess Diana's father convinced her not to call off her wedding to Prince Charles, despite her doubts and despair.

Evening Standard

Judge orders BBC to release emails related to Martin Bashir’s Diana interview

A judge said the BBC had been ‘inconsistent, erroneous and unreliable’ in the way it dealt with a request to release material under FOI law

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