Earl Spencer’s Tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales.

"Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty": First signed limited edition of Earl Spencer's Tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales

Earl Spencer’s Tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales.

CHARLES, Prince of Wales and Diana.

Item Number: 89156

First signed limited of the tribute given by Charles Spencer at the funeral of his sister, Diana, Princess of Wales. Quarto, bound in full royal blue silk, gilt titles to the spin, double gilt ruled, marbled endpapers. Inscribed by the author on the dedication page, “To Charlotte, Charles Spencer” below the Spencer family crest. Two thousand people attended the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales at Westminster Abbey on September 6th, 1997, while the British television audience of the funerary procession reached over 32 million viewers. Housed the original custom Althorp box. Rare and desirable.

Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer were married on July 29th, 1981 at Saint Paul's Cathedral in London, the ceremony reached a global television audience of over 750 million viewers. The royal couple had two sons, princes Harry and William who became second and third in the line of succession to the British throne. As Princess of Wales, Diana became involved with dozens of charities including the Landmine Survivors Network, British Lung Foundation, British Deaf Association, Meningitis Trust, and the Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children, among a roster of others. Throughout her marriage to Prince Charles, she remained an object of worldwide interest; her death in a car crash in Paris in 1997 drew substantial media attention and extensive public mourning throughout the world.

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