She’d cherished three men in common with Diana: her late husband and the princess’s father, Lord Spencer; Prince Charles – a long-time friend; and Diana’s last lover, Dodi Fayed, a close office mate of Raine’s, who had died on impact that steamy August night in Paris in 1997, in the terrible crash that changed history. It was no surprise, then, that in 2007, when the 78-year-old countess’s expertly made-up face – the artfully mascara’d hazel eyes, the glossy red lips – first came into view, along with the trademark sculpted hair, with pearl and jewel earrings the size of scallops clinging to her ears, appreciative applause ricocheted around the press room.