{"id":2244351,"date":"2026-01-21T19:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2244351"},"modified":"2026-01-21T19:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:02:18","slug":"charles-spencer-issues-emotional-statement-as-prince-harry-testifies-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/charles-spencer-issues-emotional-statement-as-prince-harry-testifies-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Spencer issues emotional statement as Prince Harry testifies | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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He said the photograph was taken by his father, the eighth Earl Spencer, John, when she was \u201cyoung and happy, and glamorous in a very understated way\u201d. He talked about the eulogy he gave at her funeral in 2004 and said that she found \u201cgreat comfort\u201d in Roman Catholicism during her last years. The Earl wrote: \u201c90 years ago today, my mother was born. She died far too young, in 2004, aged 68.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI gave the eulogy at her funeral – recalling all the joy she brought and gave; as well as reflecting on the terrible ordeal she had to endure, burying two of her children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDuring her last years, she found great comfort after converting to Roman Catholicism. Until her health gave out, she would help take very unwell children on pilgrimage to Lourdes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI love this photograph of her, taken by my father, when she was young and happy, and glamorous in a very understated way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cMy mother\u2019s was a home birth in Park House, on the Sandringham estate, where we also grew up. Coincidentally on the very same day she was born – 20 January 1936 – King George V died, 1 mile away, in Sandringham House.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It came hours before Charles\u2019s nephew, the Duke of Sussex, gave evidence in court for his trial against the Daily Mail\u2019s publisher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Harry, Sir Elton John<\/a> and his husband, David Furnish, campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence, politician Sir Simon Hughes, and actresses Sadie Frost and Liz Hurley are all bringing legal action against ANL over allegations of unlawful information gathering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ANL has strongly denied wrongdoing and is defending the claims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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