![]() The divorce between Lord Spencer and Frances Shand Kydd was as bitter and acrimonious as it possibly could be, and although there was a short rapprochement between Diana and her mother in the late eighties, they hadn’t spoken for some years at the time of her (Diana’s) death. Diana was Lord Spencer’s third child, and he may well have been at his London club/week ending somewhere altogether different from Sandringham on the day she was born, and thus remembers the time he was informed of her birth, not the actual time she drew her first breath. But you have to remember back in 1961, fathers did not attend the births of their children. For her mother – afternoon – for her father – the evening. The cause of the confusion almost certainly lies in the time each parent recalls Diana’s birth. Not so very long after that, Buckingham Palace came back with a revised time of 7:45 pm, which, of course, was the time we all used thereafter. In 1980, when Diana’s name started to be seriously linked to Prince Charles, the then president of the Astrological Association, Charles Harvey, wrote to the Buckingham Palace Press Office, requesting Diana’s date and time of birth. And Frances hadn’t lost her mind or her memory when she was interviewed in 2003! Most mothers recall the time their children came into the world – at least whether it was the morning, afternoon or evening. Her mother’s memory of that day combined with the “family lore” that Diana was born just before the start of play at Wimbledon make a compelling case for an early afternoon birth. Sadly, the policeman who scored the famous century as Diana came into the world, died before I began my investigations, which would have further pinpointed the exact time of birth. Just as Diana came into the world there was an enormous roar and applause – the local traffic cop had just scored a century.”Ī few years ago, I managed to get in touch with the Sandringham Cricket Club to establish how long the cricket matches tended to go on in the early sixties, and was told “until late afternoon usually – around 5-ish”. “The day Diana was born was beautiful and sunny and the Sandringham cricket team were playing outside the window on the local pitch. In her final interview - Frances Shand Kydd – The Last Interview: Hello Magazine Number 820 JDiana’s mother talks about Diana’s birth However, there was a men’s match on the Sunday she was born, and according to a review of the day’s matches, it began a little after 2:00 pm. An afternoon time of birth was given to Andrew Morton: Diana, Her True Story.įor the record: on July 1st, 1961 Wimbledon still had a week to go until the finals. In a telephone call on November 29th, 1988, Diana was to refer to her time of birth again, this time mentioning it was her mother who had told her she was born “Just before the start of play at Wimbledon.” And, indeed, this afternoon birth was confirmed by her mother in an interview some sixteen years later. “But that’s not right,” she replied, “I was born just before the men’s finals at Wimbledon”. ![]() I initially used the 19:45 time of birth, even basing a whole interpretation on it for my book, Synastry but on the second occasion I worked with Diana, she pointed to her chart and asked why 19:45 was significant. Astro-databank () endorses the 19:45 time of birth. I did a huge amount of research a decade or so ago on Diana’s birth, since there was a difference of opinion as to whether she was born in the afternoon (14:10) or the evening (19:45).
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