Who are Lady Kitty Spencer parents?

LADY Kitty Spencer's most famous relative was her aunt Princess Diana, whom people say she bears an striking resemblance to.

But who are the model's parents? This is what we know about Victoria Aitken and Charles Spencer.

Who are Lady Kitty Spencer parents?

Victoria Aitken

Kitty is the daughter of former British model Victoria Aitken.

Born Catherine Victoria Aitken, she was formerly Victoria Spencer, Viscountess Althorp, Countess Spencer, and now goes by Victoria Aitken.

After Victoria divorced Kitty's father Charles, the former countess married South African businessman Jonathan Aitken.

The couple had a son, Samuel, in 2003 but subsequently divorced in 2009.

Victoria has spoken about struggling with eating disorders in the past, as well as battling drug and alcohol addiction.

However, she did not deter her daughter from following in her footsteps as a model.

Charles Spencer

Kitty's father, Charles Spencer, is the younger brother of Princess Diana.

He tried to keep his daughter out of the spotlight following the death of her aunt in 1997, so she spent most of her childhood in South Africa.

Charles - officially Earl Spencer - is Prince William and Harry's maternal uncle, and the Queen is his godmother.

He studied at Eton and then read modern history at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Earl Spencer has seven children from three marriages.

He first wed Victoria Lockwood in 1989 but the marriage was over in 1997 after four children - Kitty, Eliza, Amelia and Louis.

His second marriage was to Caroline Freud from 2001 until 2007, and the couple had two children - Edmund and Lara.

He is now married to third wife Karen Gordon and the couple welcomed daughter Charlotte Diana in 2012.

The 57-year-old has worked as a journalist for NBC and Granada Television, as well as several newspapers, and is a published author.

He was also a member of the House of Lords until hereditary peers were excluded on November 11, 1999.

Earl Spencer famously delivered an emotional eulogy following the death of his sister in a car crash in Paris.

In it, he said: "Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty."

Elsewhere, he was involved in the Martin Bashir scandal which saw Diana interviewed on television and admit to having an affair.

Bashir falsely told Diana's brother that she was under surveillance and those close to her were plotting against her.

Earl Spencer said the BBC journalist forged bank statements to convince her to do the Panorama interview in 1995 and sees it as directly linked to his sister's death.

He was not present at Kitty's wedding to billionaire Michael Lewis at their lavish Italian ceremony in Rome on July 24, 2021.