Diana Frances Spencer was born on 1st July 1961, the fourth of five children of John and Frances Spencer. The Spencer family had historically always been close allies to the crown throughout the generations, and Diana's aristocratic parents - known as Viscount and Viscountess Althorp - were no different. Diana's maternal grandmothers, Baroness Fermoy, even served as lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother and allegedly played matchmaker between Diana and Charles.