EAN: 9780349134819

THREE TIMES A COUNTESS - TINA GAUDOIN KARTONIER...

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 façade 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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