Princess Diana’s brother shares sweetest childhood memory of her
Princess Diana’s brother has revealed the reason why his older sister was once described as “impossible” by a school teacher.
Charles Spencer was speaking at The Diana Awards, a charity event set up in name of Princess Diana on the weekend, on what would have been Diana’s 55th birthday weekend.
The Earl told the 80 young recipients of the Diana Award that he was the first beneficiary of Diana's kindness to young people."
When he started school at King’s Lynn Norfolk, Charles recalled Diana’s concern for him on his first day of kindergarten.
“The first day I was there, the head teacher was teaching Diana in her class and she said she was impossible, she was wriggling around and not able to pay attention,” he said.
The teacher told Diana, "'Fine, go and check on him now.' And she left the class and came to my classroom and came back and said to the headmistress 'He's fine!' and sat down. She always had this affinity for young children."
A seven-year-old Diana with her brother Charles in 1968.
The Diana Award recognises young people who are making a difference in the lives of others.
Charles added: "When she died, one of the tragedies for me as her brother was I thought, 'That will be that,' and she will disappear into the background.
"Various things were put forward as a commemoration of her, and all of them were lovely, but this is the best because it's a whole generation of new people bearing her name and carrying on her work. Thank you all for doing that."
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