
Insiders attribute the no-show to a serious shoulder injury he recently suffered and his possible reluctance to obey Italian laws ordering visitors to the country to isolate for five days on arrival. The Earl did not walk his daughter down the aisle, and reportedly stayed home in England on the Spencers’ ancestral estate of Althorp. Why didn’t Kitty’s father come? Another somewhat surprising element of the wedding was the absence of the bride’s 57-year-old dad, Charles. And it’s possible that the dissolution of her parents’ marriage contributed to the decision as well. The newest bride has not explained her reasons for skipping the tiara, but some members of the British upper class speculate it was to stop the residual heartache over Diana’s untimely death encroaching on her big day.

Lady Kitty Spencer’s mother, Victoria, wore it at her 1989 union with Earl Spencer, which ended in bitter divorce. In addition to gracing Diana’s crown, it also provided the crowning glory for Diana’s elder sisters, Lady Sarah Spencer and Lady Jane Spencer, on their wedding days. The diamond encrusted bandeau was made by the renowned British jeweler Garrard in the 1930s. This is notable because Kitty is the first-born child of Earl Spencer and duly expected to fly the Spencer flag. Why didn’t she wear the Spencer Tiara? But in an unusual break from a century-old family tradition, the bride decided not to wear the so-called “Spencer Tiara” - worn most famously by the 20-year-old Lady Diana Spencer at her ill-fated 1981 marriage to Prince Charles - to the marriage ceremony. And, like all English people, she has a great passion for all kinds of flowers.” Kitty’s five Dolce & Gabbana wedding dresses: Stefano Gabbana told Tatler that the bride’s choices were partly influenced by her love of Italy and partly because she is “a girl who is very attached to her origins, to England, to her heritage of the great Victorian era. Page Six had some interesting updates and details: Still, there were some questions and dramas. She married an elderly sugar daddy and he gave her the wedding of her dreams, in a full-on Italian villa and multiple Dolce & Gabbana couture dress changes. What is shocking, I suppose, is that she went for a man who is 32 years older than her.

So it’s not a surprise that Kitty fell for a South African man. Following the Earl Spencer’s first divorce, Kitty and her siblings were mostly raised in South Africa with their mother. For much of her life, people have tried to make “Kitty is the new Diana” happen, even though (imo) the two women look nothing alike and they have radically different vibes. Lady Kitty is the daughter of Charles, the Earl Spencer, which means Kitty is/was Princess Diana’s niece. I’m really enjoying the “Lady Kitty Spencer got married” story.
