Princess Diana's Wicked StepmotherDecember 19, 2017

This is the little known story of Diana's turbulent relationship with her extraordinary stepmother Raine Spencer. To fully understand the woman remembered as the People's Princess requires an understanding of her traumatic childhood. Abandoned by her birth mother at age six, Diana was left devastated and with a huge void in her life, one that her new step-mother struggled at first to fill. Lady Raine Dartmouth was a trailblazer from a bygone era of debutantes and aristocrats. She entered the Spencer family under the cloud of a messy divorce and was hated by the Spencer children from the start. But when Diana's marriage to Charles was at breaking point, in a complete turnaround, Raine provided stability and council to Diana and they spoke to each other daily.

Princess Diana's Wicked Stepmother was broadcast on SBS ONE at Sunday 8 January 2023, 12:00. This episode was initially placed on Tuesday 19 December 2017.