They have one child together, Lady Charlotte Diana Spencer, named in honour of her aunt, Diana, Princess of Wales.Īt their wedding Michael and Kitty were joined by her sisters, twins Eliza and Amelia, as well as half-sister Lady Lara and Jonah Freud - Kitty's former stepmother Caroline's son whom she shares with Matthew.Īlso present were Michael's three adult children from a previous marriage. His nephews Princes William and Harry did not attend. The couple held a private civil ceremony at Althorp followed by a blessing, attended by only close friends and family. In June 2011, after less than a year of dating and months following his sudden break-up from Lady Bianca Eliot, Charles married Karen Gordon (née Villeneuve), a Canadian philanthropist and founder and chief executive of Whole Child International, a charity based in Los Angeles that works to improve the lot of orphaned, abandoned, or abused children. I would never say that to anyone, especially not to someone who was going to write about it.' Kitty was by her father's side during his divorce from Caroline, meeting him for lunch after he attended court in London. She was quoted at the time as saying her stepmother was an 'awful woman' but when quizzed about this, she replied: 'I don’t know when I said that. Lady Kitty wore a stunning lace gown by Dolce & Gabbana, for whom she is a brand ambassador Now they’ve reached the point where it was all 15 years ago. 'That’s all you can ask really,' she added. 'They’ve always made an effort to be polite to each other in front of us no matter what’s been going on. Speaking about her parents' divorce, Kitty said they were on good terms and 'can chat about issues concerning us four children and they respect each other'. She also said she was 'proud' of her father for his stirring speech at Westminster Abbey at his sister's funeral, during which he attacked the media and the royal family. In February 2010, after turning 18, Kitty told The Mail on Sunday her father was 'hands-on' while growing up and despite travelling regularly between the UK and South Africa, he was only ever a 'phone call away'. Their relationship lasted just 18 months. They had two children - the Honorable Edmund Spencer and Lady Lara Spencer.Įarl Spencer and his daughter Kitty are pictured leaving his divorce hearing from Caroline Spencer in central London in 2009īut in 2006, when Lara was four months old, Charles left Caroline for American reporter Coleen Sullivan, who had been sent by a television station to interview him. In December 2001, he married Caroline Freud (née Hutton), the ex-wife of the publicist Matthew Freud. Princess Diana's death occurred while their divorce case was in progress shortly after their split was finalised, Earl Spencer moved back to the UK. The couple, said to have had a fiery marriage during which Charles reportedly cheated with 12 women while his wife was in rehab, moved to Cape Town, South Africa, where Kitty and her siblings Lady Eliza, Lady Amelia and Louis were brought up away from the glare of public attention. Lady Kitty's mother is British former fashion model Victoria Aitken (nee Lockwood), 55, who was married to Charles from 1989 until 1997. Lady Kitty previously said her father was 'strict' about the money he gave his children while growing up, keen to teach them 'the value of money'. The source added that Kitty has become increasingly financially independent from her father, having built a successful career modelling and working as a brand ambassador for luxury names like Dolce & Gabbana. A source told Mail Online: 'Kitty and Charles were very close when she was growing up, but their relationship has cooled and been more distant since his marriage to his third wife Karen in 2011.' Pictured: Charles and Karen in 2018 at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding
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