Diana Princess of Wales

How exactly was Princess Diana related to Georgiana,Duchess of Devonshire?

I was watching The Dutchess,and i know those films aren't very accurate historically, but I know Georgiana was supposed to be related to Princess Diana,right?I even caught the name Spencer in the movie...

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1. I believe she is her Great Grand Niece..possibly great great. but yes she's related
2. http://www.althorp.com/images/familytree.pdf has the Spencer family tree.Georgiana Spencer,Duchess of Devonshire is an ancestor: Georgiana was the daughter of the First Earl Spencer and Georgiana Poyntz,the Spencers who built Spencer House.
3. Diana would be Georgina's great-great-great-grand niece. (three greats). ========== Georgina's father was the 1st Earl of Spencer, Diana's father was the 8th Earl of Spencer. ============= There was only five generations from the first Earl to the 8th Earl since the 3rd and 5th Earls were childless. ====================== You could illustrate with a tree where I have only used numbers for the different Earls. You can look up their first names if you want them. --------------------- #1(Earl of Spencer) #2(son of #1) & Georgina (sister of #2) #3(son of #2) & #4(brother of #3) #5(son of #4) & #6(brother of #5) #7(son of #6) #8(son of #7) Diana(daughter of #8)
4. Same as above, however she is the person that Princess Diana was related to Princess Sarah through. Princess Sarah was Georgiana's great-granddaughter(x?) through.
5. Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire was Princess Diana's great-great-great Aunt.