Three Times a Countess: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer

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A gossipy entertaining and interesting read looking at the life of Raine Spencer, known as acid rain to her step-children. UK: Rishi Sunak hosts talks with Kamala Harris, vice-president of the US, at No 10, followed by a private dinner; Harris also delivers a policy speech on the future of AI at the US embassy in London; Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, speaks at the annual conference of the King’s Fund, a health think tank; start of Movember, the moustache-growing charity event held during November each year to raise funds and awareness for men’s health. Raine, eventually step-by-step, won her odious stepchildren over and saved Johnny’s life when he had a massive heart attack. However, on an investigation into this most interesting of books ( if you like social history), THREE TIMES A COUNTESS by Tina Gaudoin is a thoroughly good read. An expected announcement on the future of the country’s biggest steel plant has been delayed at the last minute, leaving the future of thousands of Welsh steelworkers in the balance.

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Raine Spencer, in the role of wicked stepmother, was a colourful minor character during the royal soap opera of the 1980s and 1990s. But this book is also so positive about her which is obviously the opposite of the stories that I had heard previously. By the end of a humiliating night for Manchester United, there were almost as many gaps in their defence as on the terraces.In time, their relationship began to thaw, after John Spencer’s death, following Raine’s marriage to the Comte de Chambrun – ‘her third husband and the third time she had become a countess. Bletchley Park may have been the perfect place to conceal codebreakers in the 1940s but the sprawl of little huts is. Her marriage to Johnny Spencer was a real love match which people at the time found quite extraordinary since it was known he was deeply boring. Gaudoin's vibrant history of the Countess sets the record straight once and for all, drawing insight from those who knew Raine most.

Raine Spencer is best remembered today as the stepmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, but, as Gaudoin reveals in her enthralling and revelatory biography, the countess also led a tempestuous existence. Sir, William Hague (Oct 31) correctly notes the dangers of the manipulative and persuasive capabilities of AI as a critical area for future regulation. We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from.

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