London - Earl Spencer's emotional farewell speech at the funeral of his sister Diana, Princess of Wales, is to be studied by 11 to 14-year-olds in secondary schools from this spring. The speech is in Grammar in Context by Mr Geoff Barton, deputy headmaster of Thurston Upper School, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
He said: "Diana was a role model for many of our students and Earl Spencer's speech perfectly captured the emotions so many young people will have felt."