The Hollywood WireCelebrity news, hourlySearch
A tall man in a navy blazer stands turned away from the camera in a historic country house library.

Author, historian, and peer

Charles Spencer

Best known for Being Princess Diana's younger brother and giving her unforgettable Westminster Abbey eulogy

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

He gave the speech that stopped the world in 1997. When Charles Spencer stood up in Westminster Abbey to say goodbye to his big sister Diana, he didn't just break hearts—he fired a warning shot straight at the royal family. That fiery eulogy put the Spencer family seat of Althorp firmly on the map. He's been keeping history lovers and tabloid readers hooked ever since.

Off the royal beat, he's spent decades writing bestselling history books and hosting podcasts about the past. In recent years, he blew the whistle on how the BBC secured Diana's famous 1995 interview, and dropped a brutally honest memoir about his brutal boarding school days. Love him or find him exhausting, Charles never fades into the background.

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

Latest: Earl Spencer Drops Bombshell Book Claims About King Charles and Diana · 18 September 2026

Earl Spencer in brief

  • —Delivered the fiercely honest eulogy at Princess Diana's 1997 funeral
  • —Owns and runs the 500-year-old Althorp estate in Northamptonshire
  • —Wrote the bestselling 2024 boarding school memoir 'A Very Private School'
  • —Helped trigger the independent Dyson inquiry into the BBC's 1995 Diana interview
  • —Worked as an on-air television correspondent for NBC News

Latest on Earl Spencer