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Lady Katherine “Kitty” Eleanor Spencer, the niece of the late Princess Diana, has revealed her daughter's name four months after announcing her birth.
The 33-year-old daughter of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, took to Instagram over the weekend to share a sweet black and white snap with her daughter. In the photo, the model is seen posing in a white button-down shirt and matching white pants, while her daughter wore a white dress with bees printed on it.
Spencer propped her daughter up on the windowsill and kissed her head as she revealed her name in the caption of the post. “Athena watching the world go by,” the mother-of-one wrote, along with a white heart emoji. The mother-daughter photo was captured by London-based photographer Susheel Schroeder.
In the comments section, fans and friends gushed about Spencer's daughter's name. Her 31-year-old sister, Lady Amelia Spencer, commented along with a string of emojis: “Perfect angel.”
“Oh, honey… Athena is so beautiful! Like her mother,” wrote one follower.
“What a beautiful photo and what a beautiful name,” said another Instagram user.
“I love her name,” a third person commented, while someone else said: “Athena is adorable! What a beautiful photo of mom and daughter. I love her !! “
In March, Spencer announced that she had secretly given birth to her first child with husband Michael Lewis. In honor of Mother's Day in the U.K., the aristocrat shared a collection of photos of herself holding her baby while posing on the beach.
“It is the joy of my life to be your mother, little one. I love you unconditionally,” Spencer wrote on Instagram. “Happy Mother's Day to those who celebrate it today.”
While she did not reveal the baby's name or gender at the time, her 31-year-old sister, Lady Eliza Spencer, commented: “My perfect niece.”
Lady Kitty Spencer married fashion entrepreneur Michael Lewis, 65, in July 2021. The lavish wedding took place in Italy at Villa Aldobrandini, just outside Rome. For the three-day occasion, Spencer wore five custom-made dresses by Dolce and Gabbana.
Spencer announced her engagement to Lewis in January 2020. Lewis, a South African-born British businessman, is the chairman of the Foschini Group, which owns Whistles and Phase Eight.
The model is the eldest daughter of Earl Spencer and Victoria Lockwood. She was born in London in December 1990, but grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. Following her parents' divorce in 1997, she divided her time between the United Kingdom with her father and South Africa with her mother.
Princess Diana was her paternal aunt, and Prince William and Prince Harry are her first cousins.
Spencer has been a professional model since 2015, when she made her debut in the December issue of TatlerHe also appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar UK with her mother, who was also a model, in 1992, when Spencer was just one year old.
