The Spencer family were seriously dysfunctional. The brother who spoke out at Diana's funeral, criticising the royals, was the same brother who refused to let Diana come home when her marriage collapsed, but was subsequently quite happy for her body to come home and to reap the takings from people visiting the place. Two of his wives ended up with serious mental breakdowns. We all know the terrible story of Diana's mother having the affair, going to Argentina with Barrantes, and her own Mother siding with Earl Spencer to get custody of the children. If they were further down the social scale they would likely have been referred to Social Services. I am not a great Diana fan, and don't worship her as some do, but I always felt sorry for the girl, poorly (but expensively) educated and just used by the Spencers and the Royals as a brood mare. Poor Raine, what a family of step children to marry into!
