A tall man in a navy tweed jacket and white shirt walking through an English country estate with his back turned.

Author, historian, and broadcaster

Charles Spencer

Best known for Delivering Princess Diana's funeral eulogy and managing the Althorp estate

Born: 1964
From: British
Working since: 1986
Also known as: 9th Earl Spencer, Viscount Althorp

You probably know him best as the defiant brother who stood at the pulpit of Westminster Abbey and took on the entire Royal Family in front of two billion viewers. Charles Spencer has never backed away from a fight or a headline. As the 9th Earl Spencer, he runs his family's massive 500-year-old Althorp estate, but he has built a serious name for himself far beyond the family crest.

He got his start working as a television reporter for NBC News in the eighties before turning his eye to British history. These days, he pumps out best-selling books about royal history, digs into dark family secrets, and drops candid memoirs that put old British traditions under a harsh light. Love him or loathe him, he knows how to keep people talking.

Follows: X @cspencer1508 · instagram @charles.earl.spencer

Latest: King Charles Faces Fresh Fury as Earl Spencer Drops New Bombshell Diana Book · 19 September 2026

Charles Spencer in brief

—Delivered the famous eulogy at Princess Diana's 1997 funeral in Westminster Abbey.
—Worked as an on-air television correspondent for NBC News for nearly a decade.
—Took over the 13,000-acre Althorp estate and family earldom in 1992.
—Hit bestseller lists with his 2024 boarding school memoir A Very Private School.

Latest on Charles Spencer

King Charles shields his face from cameras amid new drama surrounding Earl Spencer and Princess Diana.

Royals19 September 2026

King Charles Faces Fresh Fury as Earl Spencer Drops New Bombshell Diana Book

By Felicity Arundel

Earl Spencer is releasing a new book about Princess Diana containing harsh claims about King Charles, prompting royal watcher Jennie Bond to question when the family drama will end.