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Lady Sarah McCorquodale
Born
Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer

(1955-03-19) 19 March 1955 (age 69)
Nationality British
Education Riddlesworth Hall
West Heath
Spouse
Neil Edmund McCorquodale
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(m. 1980)​
Children3
Parent(s) John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer
Frances Shand Kydd
Relatives Jane Fellowes, Lady Fellowes (sister)
Diana, Princess of Wales (sister)
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (brother)
Family Spencer

Lady Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia McCorquodale (néeSpencer; born 19 March 1955) [1] is one of the two older sisters of Diana, Princess of Wales, the other being Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes.

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Early life

Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia Spencer was born with the honorific "The Honourable"; she acquired the courtesy title "Lady" in 1975, when her grandfather died and her father became the 8th Earl Spencer. She was christened in Westminster Abbey, with Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother as her godmother. She suffered from the eating disorder anorexia nervosa in her early twenties. [2] She was educated first at Riddlesworth Hall School in Norfolk and, secondly, at West Heath boarding school near Sevenoaks in Kent. After passing O-Level exams, she left West Heath to work in London.

Family

Sarah married Neil Edmund McCorquodale (born 4 October 1951), son of Alastair McCorquodale and Rosemary Sybil Turnor, on 17 May 1980 in Northamptonshire, England. Neil is a second cousin once removed of Lady Sarah's stepmother, Raine Spencer.

Neil and Lady Sarah McCorquodale have three children:

Lady Sarah is the aunt to William, Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.

Career

She and her family reside near Grantham, Lincolnshire, where she served a one-year term as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 2009. [7] [8] She became a master of the Belvoir Hunt in May 2010. [8] Lady Sarah was also president of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, which raised £100 million for various charities. [9] [10] The Fund unsuccessfully took legal action in 1998 against the Franklin Mint over the unlicensed use of Diana's image. [9] The Fund closed at the end of 2012. [11]

Relationships

Charles, Prince of Wales

In 1977, Lady Sarah's relationship with Prince Charles led to the first meeting between Diana and her future husband. [12] Lady Sarah later commented on her sister's marriage, saying: "I introduced them. I'm Cupid." [13] During the period in which Lady Sarah dated the Prince, she allegedly met two reporters, James Whittaker and Nigel Nelson, at a restaurant, and gave them an exclusive report on her royal connection. [14]

Lady Sarah is said to have admitted to having been diagnosed with anorexia, having "thousands of boyfriends," a past problem involving alcohol, and having started keeping a scrapbook of all the press clippings about her royal romance that she intended to "show" future grandchildren. "Her head seemed to be turned by the publicity," the two reporters later said. Lady Sarah also declared that she would not marry Charles "if he were the dustman or the King of England." [14] When the article was released, Lady Sarah showed it to the prince, who was infuriated by it. [14] The relationship dissolved soon after that. Some have stated the relationship between her and Diana was strained, because of her long resentment of the Prince marrying Diana and not her, though others (including Diana's biographer Andrew Morton) have said Lady Sarah was one of the few people Diana trusted. Later in their lives, Lady Sarah often accompanied Diana on official visits as one of her ladies-in-waiting. [15]

Upon the death of Diana on 31 August 1997, Lady Sarah flew to Paris with her younger sister, Jane, and Prince Charles to accompany Diana's body back to England. She contributed to the readings at Diana's funeral. Lady Sarah was also co-executor of Diana's will and president of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. Lady Sarah attended the wedding of her nephew Prince William to Catherine Middleton on 29 April 2011. It is said that William and Catherine are close to Lady Sarah, with whom they spent a weekend on the 16th anniversary of Diana's death. [16] Lady Sarah also attended the wedding of her other nephew, Prince Harry, to Meghan Markle on 19 May 2018.

Friends

In 2018, Lady Sarah spoke publicly in support of George Grant, an employee of Belvoir Hunt whom she had known for 27 years, after he assaulted two hunt monitors. Grant, along with his son and other men, assaulted the hunt monitors who were affiliated with the League Against Cruel Sports. Lady Sarah, who served as joint master of the Belvoir Hunt, claimed that Grant's actions were out of character. [17] [18]

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  2. ↑ "Life of luxury stripped sparse by tragedy". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 4 June 2004. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Nikkhah, Roya (10 June 2012). "William, Kate and Harry celebrate the wedding of Princess Diana's beloved niece who beat cancer". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Prince Harry attends wedding of Princess Diana's nephew in South Africa". Hello!. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Bianca McCorquodale on Instagram: "💙Joseph Daniel Turnor💙 We welcomed our son on 30th March 2022. Convinced we were having another girl, we've had to adjust to him being a he and not a she! Sybil and Molly absolutely adore their baby brother ❤️ #itsaboy #familyof5 #girlsandboy #outnumbered #daddysgirls #mommysboy #allineed"".
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  7. ↑ "No. 59011". The London Gazette . 19 March 2009. p. 4924.
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  9. 1 2 "Lady Sarah McCorquodale can look forward to having some free time". Daily Express. London. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
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