'She looked after me': Earl Spencer 明らかにする／漏らすs touching memory of how Diana couldn't sit still in class on his first day at school - because she was so worried about him

  • Earl Spencer says he was 'first 受益者' of his sister's 親切 ??
  • The 52-year-old was 演説（する）／住所ing children at a charity event in London?
  • He 明らかにする／漏らすd Diana was 'impossible with excitement' on his first school day
  • 2017 示すs 20th 周年記念日 of Diana's death in a car 衝突，墜落 in 1997?

By Jo Tweedy For Mailonline

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Earl Spencer has 明らかにする／漏らすd a heartwarming childhood memory of growing up with his late sister Diana, Princess of むちの跡s while at a charity event in her 指名する in London.?

Spencer, 52, was 演説（する）／住所ing children gathered at a Diana Award photocall in London yesterday and 株d how の近くに he and his 年上の sister were in childhood.

He 解任するd how Diana, who died 老年の 36 in a Paris car 衝突，墜落 in 1997, looked after him as a baby and couldn't sit still on his first day at school because she was so excited.?

'I was the first beneficiary of Diana's kindness' Earl Spencer reveals his sister looked out for him as a child and was 'impossible' on his first day at school

'I was the first 受益者 of Diana's 親切' Earl Spencer 明らかにする／漏らすs his sister looked out for him as a child and was 'impossible' on his first day at school

Close: Earl Spencer and his sister in a family photo taken in 1968 at the family home of Althorp in Northamptonshire

の近くに: Earl Spencer and his sister in a family photo taken in 1968 at the family home of Althorp in Northamptonshire

The father-of-seven said that his 継続している memory of starting school in King's Lynn, Norfolk, was 存在 told that his sister couldn't sit still in class - because she was so worried about him.?

He 述べるd himself as 'the first 受益者 of Diana's 親切 to young people' and 明らかにする／漏らすd that his sister was so excited about him 存在 there, she was 'impossible'

Spencer said: 'The first day I was there, the 長，率いる teacher was teaching Diana in her class and she said she was impossible, she was wriggling around and not able to 支払う／賃金 attention.'

'She left the class and （機の）カム to my classroom and （機の）カム 支援する and said to the headmistress: "He's 罰金!" and sat 負かす／撃墜する. She always had this affinit y for young children.'

The Diana Award was 始める，決める up as a 継続している 遺産／遺物 to Princess Diana's belief that young people have the 力／強力にする the change the world for the better.?

Earl Spencer met young winners (Ryan Wiggins, left, and Katie Kryzanowski, right, ) of the Diana Award, set up in his sister's name in London yesterday

Earl Spencer met young 勝利者s (Ryan Wiggins, left, and Katie Kryzanowski, 権利, ) of the Diana Award, 始める，決める up in his sister's 指名する in London yesterday

Lord Spencer said he was expecting huge interest in the 20th anniversary of Diana's death next year. The late Princess was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997

Lord Spencer said he was 推定する／予想するing 抱擁する 利益／興味 in the 20th 周年記念日 of Diana's death next year. The late Princess was killed in a car 衝突，墜落 in Paris in 1997

The siblings grew up at Althorp, which remains one of England's finest stately homes

The siblings grew up at Althorp, which remains one of England's finest stately homes

Lord Spencer, pictured in 2001, outside Althorp. Spencer's wife, Canadian?Karen Gordon, who he wed in 2011, has recently revealed that the country pile has been made into a famil y home including a soft play area?

Lord Spencer, pictured in 2001, outside Althorp. Spencer's wife, Canadian?Karen Gordon, who he 結婚する in 2011, has recently 明らかにする／漏らすd that the country pile has been made into a family home 含むing a soft play area?

述べるing Diana as a 'really inspirational person', he 明らかにする／漏らすd that he thought his sister would 'disappear' and be forgotten.

He 追加するd: 'さまざまな things were put 今後 as a 記念 of her, and all of them were lovely, but this is the best because it's a whole 世代 of new people 明らかにするing her 指名する and carrying on her work. Thank you all for doing that.'

Charles, who is the Ninth Earl Spencer, has a three-year old Charlotte Diana with his wife Countess Spencer - Karen Gordon, who he wed in 2011

Charles, who is the Ninth Earl Spencer, has a three-year old Charlotte Diana with his wife Countess Spencer - Karen Gordon, who he 結婚する in 2011

Earl Spencer with Karen Gordon
The couple together at Royal Ascot

Earl Spencer has six other children from two earlier marriages while the Countess has two daughters from her first marriage to Hollywood film 生産者 示す Gordon

一方／合間 at Althorp, the 1508 family home in Northamptonshire that he 株 with his wife?Canadian Karen Gordon and his children, 含むing the youngest, three-year-old Charlotte Diana, there appears to be some serious decorating going on.

The 30-roomed stately home,?one of England’s most famous, is the 500-year-old ancestral seat of Princess Diana’s family but is 現在／一般に enjoying a 完全に modern makeover thanks to Gordon.

Althorp now also 誇るs a bouncy 城 in the 明言する／公表する dining room, something which the Countess told People magazine:?'We have taken a 見解（をとる）, my husband and I, that the house is really to be lived in, and in that Charlotte is the 19th 世代 of Spencer children to live there, surely it can 生き残る whatever we throw at it.'

The village of Great Bington, home to the Althorp Estate, which the latest generation of the Spencer family have overhauled

The village of 広大な／多数の／重要な 貯蔵所 gton, home to the Althorp 広い地所, which the 最新の 世代 of the Spencer family have 精密検査するd

'She always had this affinity for young children' Spencer spoke yesterday about his sister's charity work and kindness to children in difficulty

'She always had this affinity for young children' Spencer spoke yesterday about his sister's charity work and 親切 to children in difficulty

Lord Spencer said of the 革新s: ‘When I （機の）カム here as a child with my sister, it was my grandfather’s house... we weren’t 許すd to touch anything or even speak that much.’?

‘I think I can hear him 権利 now, 静かに 回転するing in his 墓／厳粛／彫る／重大な.’

In London yesterday, Spencer said the family were 推定する／予想するing 抱擁する 利益／興味 in the 20th 周年記念日 of Diana's death in 2017.?

'Looking 今後, of course there will a 抱擁する build up of 利益／興味 in Diana's story as we get nearer to the 20th 周年記念日. That's 必然的な with these 周年記念日s. The 10th doesn't seem that long ago.'

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