Princess Diana’s only brother, Charles Spencer, recently shared what appears to be a never-before-seen photo of himself and his late sister from their childhood. Posted to his Instagram account on Tuesday, the black-and-white image features the two of them as children in their swimsuits next to the swimming pool at Park House on Sandringham Estate.
“A long ago summer, by the swimming pool at our childhood home, Park House, Sandringham – Diana and I both proudly showing off our swimming badges (sewn onto our swimming costumes),” Spencer wrote in the caption. “These were awarded (sparingly) by Mrs Lansdowne, a fairly terrifying but very gifted swimming instructor, who came to stay each year. We were never out of that pool.”
Diana was born at Park House on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, where she grew up and continued to live with her father until the death of her grandfather, the 7th Earl Spencer, in 1975. After that, the family moved to the Spencer family seat at Althorp, a stately house dating back to 1508, in Northamptonshire, in the English Midlands. Diana’s siblings, including Charles as well as her sisters Sarah and Jane, also grew up at Park House.
The 9th Earl of Spencer, Charles is also the maternal uncle of Prince William and Prince Harry. While Charles does speak often fondly of his sister, he doesn’t share archival photos of her to social media frequently. However, he did share one of her recently on what would have been her 64th birthday on July 1, 2025. Taken in 1967 in Britain’s Thorney Wildlife Park, the photo shows the Spencer children along with their father celebrating Diana’s 6th birthday, featuring the future Princess of Wales sitting on the back of a camel.
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