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Charles Spencer: ‘The tragedy of the royal family was not knowing how to embrace the opportunity that my sister Diana represented’

Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, has decided to record his memories and, in some way, also preserve the public memory of his sister, Lady Diana. At 62, he has just published Swan Song: Diana, My Sister (2026), less than a year before the 30th anniversary of her tragic death in Paris.

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Charles Spencer, Lady Di's brother, during the interview
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Patrick Baty, the ‘paint detective’ who has traced the hues of the past for Windsor Castle and 10 Downing Street

Patrick Baty, 70, thought the greatest adventure of his life would culminate in the fight against the communist insurgency in the Dhofar region of southern Oman in the 1970s. Britain’s elite Special Air Service, the feared SAS, was involved in the covert operation, and the young Baty, then a captain in the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, had already begun learning Arabic and was preparing to emulate Lawrence of Arabia.

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Patrick Baty, the “paint guru,” in his shop in the Chelsea neighborhood of London.
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