Victoria Aitken
Victoria Aitken | |
|---|---|
| Born | Catherine Victoria Lockwood 20 April 1965 Windsor, England |
| Other names | Victoria Spencer |
| Occupation | Model |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 5, including Lady Kitty Spencer, Lady Amelia Spencer, Lady Eliza Spencer, and Louis, Viscount Althorp |
Catherine Victoria Aitken (née Lockwood; born 20 April 1965), formerly Victoria Spencer, Countess Spencer, is a British former fashion model and former wife of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, the younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Marriages and family
[edit | edit source]Catherine Victoria Lockwood was born in Windsor, the daughter of John Lockwood, an airline executive,[1] and Jean Lockwood, née Holt. Her brother Christopher Lockwood is a journalist and was Deputy Head of the Number 10 Policy Unit from May 2013 to May 2015.[2]
On 16 September 1989, she married Charles Spencer, then Viscount Althorp, at the Church of St Mary, Great Brington. Her wedding dress of champagne French antique lace with Russian sable trim was designed by Tomasz Starzewski,[3] and she wore the Spencer Tiara.[4] Althorp's nephews Prince Harry and Alexander Fellowes were the pageboys at their wedding and his nieces Eleanor Fellowes and Emily McCorquodale were bridesmaids.[5] During their marriage, she was known as Viscountess Althorp and later as Countess Spencer. They have four children:
- Lady Kitty Eleanor Spencer (born 28 December 1990); married Michael Lewis in 2021.[6] They have one daughter, Athena.
- Lady Eliza Victoria Spencer (born 10 July 1992), a model
- Lady Katya Amelia Spencer (born 10 July 1992); a model; married Greg Mallett, nephew of former South African national rugby coach Nick Mallett, in 2023.[7][8][9]
- Louis Frederick John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (born 14 March 1994); heir apparent to the earldom.
She suffered from eating disorders and drug and alcohol abuse during her first marriage. It was alleged that the earl had an extra-marital affair with a journalist early in the marriage.[10] The couple moved with their four children to South Africa in 1995 to avoid the media.[11] After their divorce on 3 December 1997, Lord Spencer moved back to the United Kingdom, and subsequently remarried.[5]
In 2005, Victoria, Countess Spencer married South African businessman Jonathan Aitken; they divorced in 2009.[5] They have a son, Samuel Aitken (born 18 April 2003), who is a model.[12]
References
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