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Three Times a Countess - The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer (Paperback)
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Three Times a Countess - The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer (Paperback)
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Debutante of the year. Able politician. Femme fatale. Just some of
the many labels attached to the irrepressible, controversial Raine
Spencer: Countess, socialite and stepmother to Diana, Princess of
Wales. But who was the real Raine? What was hidden behind the
immaculately manicured public facade and her overwhelmingly
negative tabloid image? From her childhood days as daughter of
romantic novelist powerhouse, Barbara Cartland, to Westminster
councillor and wife of Earl Spencer, Three Times a Countess
recounts Raine's compelling and glamorous life, revealing her to be
a powerful, accomplished woman who, after a tumultuous
relationship, reconciled with Diana to become the Princess's
closest confidante and a key witness at the inquest into her death.
To her friends, Raine was shrewd, intelligent, witty and loyal; to
her enemies, pushy, overly flamboyant and ruthless. From a career
spanning local politics to dealing with the fortunes of Althorp;
from taking on the Spencer family estate to her final role as a
board member at Harrods, Raine's life was, by any standards, a
success . Yet she could not sway the powerful media narrative which
pitted her as 'the evil stepmother' at every turn. A societal whirl
of London Seasons, family feuds, politics, pomp and 'big hair',
Gaudoin's vibrant history of the Countess sets the record straight
once and for all, drawing insight from those who knew Raine most.
Three Times a Countess reveals a sophisticated, determined woman
whose loyalty knew no bounds and whose cache of secrets would have
worried even the most upright of royals.
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