Professor Cat Jarman, a world-leading bioarchaeologist, had not long been dating Earl Spencer when news of her Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis became headline news. Such a health battle would be a challenge at any time, especially given the intricate motor skills needed for Jarman’s work, but with all eyes on her personal life following the Earl’s split from his wife, Karen Spencer, the Professor found herself losing control of her own narrative.

Now, in a candid interview for the MS Matters magazine , Jarman has spoken out about the ‘devastating’ moment that her diagnosis was made public without her consent. ‘I’d just begun a new relationship. Charles Spencer and I met at a dig at his Althorp Estate. We were friends for a few years before we got together,’ she said of her co-hos

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