Prince William and Prince Harry mourn loss of family member
Prince William and Prince Harry are mourning the loss of their great-aunt Lady Anne Wake-Walker, the sister of their late maternal grandfather John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer.
William and Harry’s uncle Charles Spencer, who is the younger brother of Princess Diana took to Twitter to announce the death of their family member, while sharing a photo of a flag at half-mast at his home and ancestral seat, Althorp House.
The Spencer flag at half-mast at @AlthorpHouse today, marking the death of my father’s older sister (& only sibling) Anne, aged 99 1/2. An officer in the WRENS in World War 2, she was the mother of 3 sons and 2 daughters. Lady Anne Wake-Walker (née Spencer), 1920-2020. pic.twitter.com/w09G1v6zsn
— Charles Spencer (@cspencer1508) February 25, 2020
He wrote: “The Spencer flag at half-mast at @AlthorpHouse today, marking the death of my father’s older sister (& only sibling) Anne, aged 99 ½. An officer in the WRENS in World War 2, she was the mother of 3 sons and 2 daughters. Lady Anne Wake-Walker (nee Spencer), 1920-2020.”
He also paid tribute on Instagram by sharing a family photo that showed Anne and her younger brother John – Princess Diana’s father – playing in the garden at Althorp when they were kids.
“Aunt Anne and my father, playing at @althorphouse in 1925,” wrote the Earl.
“a wonderful lady, she was an officer in the WRENS in the Second World War, and was a much-loved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother – as well as sister and aunt, of course. Aunt Anne died last night, aged 99 ½.
“’The end of an era’ is the phrase I’ve heard repeatedly today. Indeed, it is.”