Countess Spencer has come out against the “whole madness of sending children away at eight” as her husband, Earl Spencer, prepares to publish a book on the subject of boarding school. A Very Private School will combine recollections of this “common trauma” with historical analysis, and is due out next year.
Lady Spencer said the research and writing has “made for a challenging five years”, as her husband Charles Spencer relived the “culture of cruelty” at boarding school.
