Everything We Need to Know About Charles Spencer’s Third Wife Karen Spencer!
- Karen Spencer is a Canadian-born former model and social worker who is the third wife of Charles Spencer.
- Along with her humanitarian causes, she also is famous for her impeccable sense of style and effortless presentation.
- She was married to a Hollywood producer in the past.
Who is Karen Spencer?
Karen Spencer, now known as Countess Spencer, is the CEO of Whole Child International, a US-based NGO whose main motive is to improve the condition of vulnerable and helpless children.
She focuses on making the world a better world through the spread of education, training, and funding.
Since 2004, she has been known as an activist who does her best to make positive changes in society.
Many believe she is a great example of a person who utilizes their wealth and fame for the ones in need.
Spencer proved that she can work hard every day and look good while doing it. With her keen sense of style and presentation, Karen mixes with the most elite of British society with ease and grace.
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What does Karen’s organization teach?
Karen’s social organization’s sole purpose is to teach childrearing techniques to Hungarian pediatrician Dr. Emmi Pikler. She made her approach to develop a loving, caring, and respectful relationship with small children from the early stages of life.
Whole Child International also makes efforts to improve the quality of orphan children by supplementing caregiver pay so that people can earn a modest wage while caring for those children.
Karen’s childhood involved a lot of moving around
While growing up, Karen did not have the luxury of enjoying a normal childhood because of her father’s profession.
Her dad was an administrator for Canada’s national parks and had to constantly move his family to different places to fulfill his duty.
So, Karen and her siblings ended up packing up and moving here and there throughout their younger years.
Decades later, while speaking to Forbes, the Countess revealed that she relocated to different places for at least 2 decades of her life.
As the oldest of three siblings, Karen always knew that role was to be a mature and loving figure for her younger brothers.
Karen Spencer became a model before finishing college
After finishing high school, Karen Spencer enrolled herself at a university in Toronto where she studied for a short time. It was then she realized that college was not what she wanted to do and then tried her luck in modeling.
She quickly became a well-paid model who posed for clothing catalogs. Eventually, she started disliking the job and chose a completely different career.
She found herself in the hospitality business and landed a front desk position at Toronto’s famous Four Seasons. It was there where she met her first husband in 1994.
Who is Karen’s first husband?
Before Charles Spencer, Karen was married to producer Mark Gordon. The duo tied the knot in 1997.
Gordon would later be the one to produce award-winning films Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot.
He is the executive producer of the hit drama series Grey’s Anatomy.
After their marriage, the couple moved to LA where Karen gave birth to their first daughter in 1998. In 2003, they ended their marriage amicably. Gordon even praised his ex-wife in an interview with Forbes in 2017, saying,
“This is a wonderful thing that she is doing.”
Dating and Marrying Charles Spencer
After her divorce, Karen devoted a lot of her time to Whole Child International. In 2010, she met Charles Spencer on a blind date set up by the aristocrat’s friend. He had recently ended his engagement with Lady Bianca Eliot.
Talking about what attracted her to the twice-married earl, Karen said,
“It wasn’t instant,”
“It took a minute. I mean, obviously, he’s very handsome, interesting, and charming, but I was a jaded 38-year-old by the time I met him.”
However, the couple ended up marrying on June 18, 2011, less than a year after dating.
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Posted on: Friday, June 9 2023
