Charles Spencer Shares Photo of His Mom and the Resemblance to Princess Diana Is Striking

It’s no secret that families tend to share features, after all, that’s just genetics doing what genetics does. But every so often, a resemblance pops up that feels a little too uncanny to scroll past. That’s exactly what happened after a recent post from Charles Spencer sparked renewed conversation about how much Princess Diana took after her mother, Frances Shand Kydd.

On April 17, Spencer shared a black-and-white throwback on Instagram featuring his mother and his eldest sister, Sarah. The photo shows his mom sitting in the grass with Sarah on her lap, while a dog lounges next to them.

“My mother and eldest sister Sarah in the garden of Park House - my siblings’ and my family home till 1975 - with an ever-present Keeshond (Dutch barge dog) lying contentedly and half-watchfully nearby,” Spencer captioned the image.

He continued, “This photograph - full of tenderness - was taken by my father. My parents and Sarah had just moved into Park House, on the @sandringhamestate in Norfolk, after a brief rental in the Cotswolds. It was a privilege to grow up at Park House. My mother is perhaps 20 here. She was only 28 when she had me, her fifth child. A different time.”

While Spencer was clearly reflecting on family history and memories of Park House, followers immediately zeroed in on something else entirely: the resemblance running through the family line.

“The family resemblance is very strong,” one person commented. Another wrote, “Your mum was so pretty, I can see Diana, your mum's and the Spencer family had beautiful Genes, which have been passed to your daughters.” Someone else added, “Beautiful childhood photograph. I can see some of your late sister Princess Diana in your mother.”

And this isn’t even a new conversation. Back in January, Spencer shared another throwback photo, this time of himself as a child with his mother, and the same reactions rolled in again.

“My mother would have been 90 this month,” he wrote. “This is her as I first remember her, when she was 30.”

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