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| Raine, Countess of Dartmouth, married 2nd at Caxton Hall, London, England, on July 14, 1976, ]. Deeply unpopular with her stepchildren, who included the late ], she was ridiculed by them and other family members as "Acid Raine" and her time at ], the Spencer family seat — a period that saw the ancestral house operatically redecorated and treasures sold — dismissed as the "Raine of Terror." The Earl died in 1992, upon which (according to ]'s book ]) Diana and her brother put her clothes into black rubbish bags and kicked them down the stairs, and refused to let her remove any furniture from the ancestral home without providing proof of purchase. The book also claims that on another occasion Diana pushed Raine herself down the stairs. | Raine, Countess of Dartmouth, married 2nd at Caxton Hall, London, England, on July 14, 1976, ]. Deeply unpopular with her stepchildren, who included the late ], she was ridiculed by them and other family members as "Acid Raine" and her time at ], the Spencer family seat — a period that saw the ancestral house operatically redecorated and treasures sold — dismissed as the "Raine of Terror." The Earl died in 1992, upon which (according to ]'s book ]) Diana and her brother put her clothes into black rubbish bags and kicked them down the stairs, and refused to let her remove any furniture from the ancestral home without providing proof of purchase. The book also claims that on another occasion Diana pushed Raine herself down the stairs. | ||
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'''Raine, Countess Spencer''', married thirdly, in 1993, ], a descendant of the ] and a member of a prominent French family related to the presidential Roosevelts. Son of '''Jean-Pierre Pineton de Chambrun''' (a deaf biochemist-artist marquis) and a great-grandson of Ohio heiress Maria Longworth Storer Nichols (the founder of Rookwood Pottery), he was previously married to Josalee Douglas, an American debutante, who was a first cousin of the late ]'s intimate friend, ]. Chambrun's courtship of the widowed Lady Spencer lasted 33 days before they married. Upon the couple's divorce, in 1995, the Countess de Chambrun chose to reclaim her previous title of '''Raine, Countess Spencer'''. | ||
| Countess Spencer is a member of the board of directors of ], the department store owned by the father of ]' lover, ], who died with her in the car crash that claimed their lives in 1997. | Countess Spencer is a member of the board of directors of ], the department store owned by the father of ]' lover, ], who died with her in the car crash that claimed their lives in 1997. | ||
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Raine, Countess Spencer was born Raine McCorquodale on September 9, 1929, the only child of the celebrated romance novelist Dame Barbara Cartland and her first husband, Alexander McCorquodale, an Army officer who was an heir to a printing fortune.
She was married 1st in 1947 to the Hon. Gerald Humphrey Legge, later the 9th Earl of Dartmouth. They had four children, and divorced in 1976.
Raine, Countess of Dartmouth, married 2nd at Caxton Hall, London, England, on July 14, 1976, Edward Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer. Deeply unpopular with her stepchildren, who included the late Diana, Princess of Wales, she was ridiculed by them and other family members as "Acid Raine" and her time at Althorp, the Spencer family seat — a period that saw the ancestral house operatically redecorated and treasures sold — dismissed as the "Raine of Terror." The Earl died in 1992, upon which (according to Kitty Kelley's book The Royals) Diana and her brother put her clothes into black rubbish bags and kicked them down the stairs, and refused to let her remove any furniture from the ancestral home without providing proof of purchase. The book also claims that on another occasion Diana pushed Raine herself down the stairs.
Raine, Countess Spencer, married thirdly, in 1993, Jean-François Pineton, Comte de Chambrun, a descendant of the marquis de La Fayette and a member of a prominent French family related to the presidential Roosevelts. Son of Jean-Pierre Pineton de Chambrun (a deaf biochemist-artist marquis) and a great-grandson of Ohio heiress Maria Longworth Storer Nichols (the founder of Rookwood Pottery), he was previously married to Josalee Douglas, an American debutante, who was a first cousin of the late Princess Margaret's intimate friend, Sharman Douglas. Chambrun's courtship of the widowed Lady Spencer lasted 33 days before they married. Upon the couple's divorce, in 1995, the Countess de Chambrun chose to reclaim her previous title of Raine, Countess Spencer.
Countess Spencer is a member of the board of directors of Harrods, the department store owned by the father of Diana, Princess of Wales' lover, Dodi Al-Fayed, who died with her in the car crash that claimed their lives in 1997.
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