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...Charles Spencer should have been a Tudor. The members of that English royal dynasty, now extinct, excelled at passionate rhetoric, just like that provided by the earl in his unforgettable eulogy at the funeral of his sister Diana. The Tudors too were embroiled in endless marital controversies, though Spencer cannot end his with the finality available to Henry VIII--the thud of the headsman's ax. Still, one may wonder if Spencer was trying to display a similarly majestic, if less fatal, gesture--whether his righteous bombast against the media, delivered ostensibly to deify his sister, was not a self...
...British tabloids are reporting that Spencer barred his wife from Diana's funeral and refused to pay her airfare...
...Spencer says he is impoverished from inheritance taxes and the cost of visitors to the family estate in Althorp. Many view his claim as an excuse not to give Lockwood a divorce settlement...
...Fall of Spencer At Princess Diana?s funeral, Earl Spencer was the people's hero ? sticking it to the monarchy and the press. But the British public has rounded on Earl Spencer following revelations brought to light in his messy divorce...
...Spencer's former mistress, Chantal Collopy, describing the earl's cruel behavior ("There is just something that he does that makes you feel worthless"), says he backed out of their budding relationship just before her divorce became official. "(Spencer) had said to me, 'Will you promise to marry me?'" Collopy told Britain's Sky News. "He said that a few times." She said her marriage ended after her husband taped her telephone calls and heard her say "I love you" to Spencer. Just before the divorce, however, Spencer had "a panic attack" and told her he couldn't offer...