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PRINCESS IN THE MAKING DIANA AS A CHILD

Painfully shy, chubby-cheeked and with, in her own words, “a brain the size of a pea”, young Diana Spencer did not seem destined for great things.

But the beautiful third daughter of Viscount John Althorp, the 8th Earl Spencer, and Viscountess Frances Althorp did boast a pedigree befitting a future princess.

Her father John, who was desperate for a son

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