Meet Princess Diana’s Lookalike Nieces: All About Lady Kitty, Lady Amelia and Lady Eliza Spencer’s Fashion and Philanthropy Efforts
Princess Diana is one of the most recognizable figures of the late twentieth century, but few know about her lineage as part of the Spencer family. The British noble brood dates all the way back to the 1500s and is distantly related to Winston Churchill, Audrey Hepburn and even George Washington.
Diana had four siblings, three of which are still alive today: Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Lady Jane Fellowes and Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer. Their older brother, John Spencer, died within hours of his birth in 1960.
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As for Charles Spencer, he has seven children from three different marriages, with Ladies Kitty, Eliza and Amelia being his first three daughters with wife Victoria Lockwood, formerly known as Victoria, Countess Spencer. Below, learn more about Princess Diana’s nieces, who’ve followed in her footsteps as fashion fixtures.
Lady Kitty Spencer
Born in 1990, Kitty Spencer, like her mother, is a model. She’s currently signed to Storm Model Management, the agency known for discovering Kate Moss, Cara Delevingne and Anya Taylor-Joy. Alongside her siblings, she was raised in South Africa.
In 2009, Kitty was presented as a debutante at the Bal Crillon de Debutantes in Paris, one of Europe’s most opulent debutante balls. Young ladies at the event are often decked out in custom designer duds by labels such as Chanel, Lanvin and Vivienne Westwood.
Kitty made her runway debut for Dolce & Gabbana in 2017, walking in their fall fashion show. She’s since appeared in several of their presentations, as well as in a spring 2018 advertisement campaign. Kitty officially became a global ambassador for the house in 2021, following her appointment as an ambassador for the high jewelry brand Bulgari in 2018.
“Working with [Dolce & Gabbana] is always a new experience, a unique opportunity to rediscover Italian culture, art, savoir-faire and lifestyle,” she said in a statement at the time. “When I wear their pieces I feel their passion and I feel like the best version of myself.”
When it comes to her personal style, Kitty loves vintage fashion, particularly drawn to designs from the mid-twentieth century, including the ’60s styles featured on “Mad Men.”
Like her late aunt Diana, Kitty is passionate about philanthropy. She’s an ambassador for Centrepoint, a charity that supports homeless youth, where Diana served as a patron.
In 2021, Kitty married South African-British millionaire Michael Lewis, chairman of the fashion retail company Foschini Group. She wore five different custom dresses by Dolce & Gabbana, with the most extravagant being the Victorian-inspired lace gown — which drew comparisons to Grace Kelly and her cousin-in-law, Kate Middleton — that she wore down the aisle.
Kitty and her husband welcomed their first child, a daughter named Athena, in 2023.
Lady Eliza Spencer
Eliza and her twin Amelia were born in 1992. Taking after Kitty, they grew up in South Africa and eventually became debutantes.
As of 2023, the twins are brand ambassadors for the British jewelry label Boodles. Both are also signed to Storm Model Management and appear regularly at fashion weeks around the globe, where they’ve been front row fixtures at Nina Ricci, Michael Kors and Brunello Cucinelli, among others. Eliza and Amelia, like Kitty, have walked the runway: the twins made their catwalk debut at Josh Birch Jones’ fall 2023 fashion show in London.
Eliza is in a relationship with Channing Millerd, the chief operating officer of DataLedger, a blockchain service provider. The couple celebrated their eight-year anniversary this year. “What an incredible journey it has been,” Eliza wrote of her partner on Instagram. “I can’t wait for all that is still to come. I love you forever and always.”
Lady Amelia Spencer
Although Amelia is also signed to Storm Model Management, she’s currently employed as a wedding planner in her hometown of South Africa. “I’m a romantic,” she told The Telegraph in 2021. “I love the structure of wedding planning, the timeline. I’m a people person. I enjoy working with everyone from the bride and groom to the parents.”
In 2023, Lady Amelia married her college sweetheart, fitness and nutrition coach Greg Mallett, who she met while studying at the University of Cape Town. Amelia walked down the aisle in a custom Atelier Versace wedding dress (her late aunt was also a fan of the Italian house and a close friend of founder Gianni Versace).
Alongside her twin, Amelia is an ambassador for the Little Princess Trust, a charity that provides wigs to children with cancer.
Amelia and Eliza were frequently dressed alike as children, a tradition, the former says, that still rings true today. “We are each other’s other halves,” Amelia told the National Association of Jewelers in 2023. “We have the exact same taste in clothing, and will arrive at a dinner or meet up in the day dressed to match. When choosing outfits for an event, we’ve found the only way to do this fairly is to take it in turns who gets to choose first.”
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