Lady Kitty Spencer opened up about her cousin Prince William in her first joint magazine cover with her younger sisters, twins Lady Amelia and Lady Eliza.
In a new interview with Tatler, Kitty, 34, spoke about Centrepoint, a charity dedicated to help homeless youth that her aunt Princess Diana supported and that was one of Prince William’s first royal patronages. This year will mark 20 years since the Prince of Wales, 42, began working with the organization, carrying on his mother’s legacy in the process.
Of Princess Diana, Kitty told Tatler, “I think she put the name out there. Centrepoint has been a cherished charity that my family and I have supported for many years.”
“I’m extremely proud of my cousin Prince William for all he does and continues to do to support Centrepoint and the vital work they provide to homeless young people,” she continued.
Prince William was at work with Centrepoint just this week, undertaking an engagement on Jan. 21, one week exactly after his wife Kate Middleton announced she was in remission after being diagnosed with cancer last year. Kitty is an ambassador for Centrepoint’s independent living program, which she said is “trying to break that vicious cycle and allow people to get on their feet and work their way up the employment ladder.”
“The thing I’ve always loved about Centrepoint is just how practical it is,” she added. “It’s not simply providing a much-needed roof over someone’s head. They’ll train you, they’ll dress you for job interviews. Their goal is to get these people through their system. They’re just an amazing team and the confidence and the sense of identity that they help give to people who have been stripped of it.”
In Kitty, Amelia and Eliza’s Tatler cover story, the sisters were also open about their mental health — a cause both the Prince and Princess of Wales, 43, have long supported.
“I’ve seen a therapist for the last 17 years,” Eliza, 32, told the outlet. “I think everyone should have someone to speak to that’s outside of their inner circle. It’s a privilege to be able to have someone to help you and support you and guide you.”
Kitty also shared rare details about her daughter Athena, 2, calling her a “little Taurus” who “is very outdoorsy and like a little spinning top,” Kitty said.
“She’s very similar to the twins,” she continued. “It’s so funny … so cool for her when she has these two aunts that come bursting through the door. I don’t think she thinks there’s an age gap.”
“I don’t think we think there’s an age gap,” Amelia, 32, added.
“So there’s actually a triplet there for them,” Kitty said. “When the girls are on the phone and she doesn’t want them to go, she pulls out her whole repertoire of tricks.”
Kitty also opened up about her wedding to husband Michael Lewis, with whom she tied the knot in Italy in 2021, wearing five Dolce & Gabbana dresses throughout the course of the celebrations (Kitty is an ambassador for the house).
“I always knew that I wanted to get married in Italy,” she said, calling the country “definitely my happiest place in the world.”
“Stefano and Domenico made my dress — Domenico said, ‘Just choose the people who are very talented at what they do and then let them do it.’ A little bit of faith in some creative Italians and you can just relax and enjoy what it’s about.”
After becoming a mother, Kitty said, “I do a lot less than I did now that I’ve got my little girl … I’m much more selective, because it’s not really free time anymore. I’ve got to really want to do something.”
“I’m happy with the balance,” she added.
Though the Spencer sisters are British by birth, they moved to South Africa in their youth. Kitty told Tatler she feels “totally English,” but Eliza said she feels South African because the country holds “all my happiest and most special memories.” Amelia, for her part, said she can’t decide.
Amelia married her longtime love Greg Mallett in 2023 in South Africa wearing an Atelier Versace gown, calling her nuptials “the wedding of my dreams in Cape Town.”
“It was just literally the happiest day of my life,” she said.
Eliza and her partner, Channing, have been together for nine years, and she said a wedding “is definitely on the cards.”
Channing has a 10-year-old son from a previous relationship, and Eliza told Tatler, “It’s so sweet, because I get to play out all my childhood … all the fun activities. I’ve skydived, bungee jumped … bodyboarding, surfing — I love that.”
Eliza and Amelia discovered last August through a 23andMe genetic test that, contrary to what their parents Earl Charles Spencer and Victoria Lockwood had been told, they are identical: “We always knew,” they said. (The sisters’ parents divorced in 1997.)
All three sisters are close, Tatler reported, calling each other their “safety net.” In a game of “Sibling Goals” played with Tatler, the three were asked “Who is the craziest on a night out?” — and Eliza ultimately took the crown.
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“I have to do two,” Kitty said, holding up paddles with both Eliza and Amelia’s faces on them, adding, “Because it’s just definitely not me. It’s the two of them together.”
“Well, Eliza voted for herself, why?” Amelia asked, as a smiling Eliza responded, “I think we’ll leave it there, guys.”
Though the trio didn’t elaborate on their nights out, they apparently don’t involve dancing. The three sisters concluded that “none of us” are the best dancers, telling the outlet that “There’s nothing to see.”
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