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    Lady Kitty Spencer Twins With Her Toddler in Dolce & Gabbana Dresses While "Under the Tuscan Sun"

    Princess Diana's niece shared some sweet mother/daughter moments with little Athena.

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    Published 24 July 2025 In News

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    Kitty Spencer holding her daughter Athena on a bridge looking at the water, both wearing white and purple dresses
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    Lady Kitty Spencer keeps her daughter, Athena, out of the public eye, so it's a special treat when she shares a rare photo of the 2-year-old on Instagram. On Thursday, July 24, Princess Diana's niece gave fans a glimpse of her trip to Italy with the toddler, posting an array of adorable photos of the duo dressed in matching Dolce & Gabbana dresses as they enjoyed la dolce vita.

    "Under the Tuscan sun 🍇," she captioned the carousel of photos. "Purple is Athena’s favourite colour at the moment, so the Fiat 500 was a hit! 💜" In the pics, Spencer—a longtime Dolce & Gabbana ambassador—wears a white and purple minidress from the fashion house's new collection, while Athena twins with her mom in an $845 child-sized version of the look.

    Kitty's poplin dress featured a bustier top, and while Spencer doesn't show her daughter's face on social media, showing her only from behind, the front of Athena's full-skirted dress featured three buttons down the front.

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    Mom and daughter wore white shoes with their Dolce & Gabbana dresses.

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    Both mom and daughter wore white shoes for their day of sightseeing, with Spencer wearing classic Hermès Oran slides and Athena sporting canvas sneakers. Lady Kitty coordinated her quilted white Chanel bag to her shoes, wearing her hair down in several of the shots and pulled back in a ponytail in others as they visited the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

    Along with their matching moment, Spencer also shared photos of herself and her daughter relaxing in the Tuscan countryside as she wore a strapless white Dolce & Gabbana dress with a romantic rose print. This time, Athena didn't match with mom, wearing a bright pink dress with buttons marching down the back as they took in the stunning views at an Italian villa.

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    Kitty wore another Dolce & Gabbana dress as the pair relaxed at a palatial villa.

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    Kitty—who recently showed off her Roman holiday style at an Aquazzura x MyTheresa event—spends a fair amount of time in Italy and married her husband, Michael Lewis, in a lavish Italian wedding in 2021.

    The notoriously private couple didn't announce they had welcomed a daughter until nearly a year after her birth, when Kitty posed a Reel on Mother's Day 2024 showing off photos of herself and Athena. On April 29 this year, she revealed her daughter's birthday, posting adorable beach photos of herself and Athena and writing, "Two years of you lighting up our world, my darling Athena 🤍 You are sunshine and joy and all things magic. My little girl forever. How proud I am to be your mummy 🤍 I love you more than you could ever imagine or I could ever articulate 🤍."

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    Prior to working at Marie Claire, she wrote about celebrity and royal fashion at Page Six Style and covered royalty from around the world as chief reporter at Royal Central. Kristin has provided expert commentary for outlets including the BBC, Sky News, US Weekly, the Today Show and many others.

    Kristin is also the published author of two novels, “The Legacy of Us” and “A House Full of Windsor.” She's passionate about travel, history, horses, and learning everything she can about her favorite city in the world, London.

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