Charles Spencer, Di's brother, is minding his manor
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- The Spencer family estate, Althorp, is 13,000 acres of English farmland and forest spread roughly the size of Manhattan. Tracy Smith takes a tour of the estate's house, now 506 years old, with Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl Spencer, who talks about his sister, the late Princess Diana, and about his family's traditions.
My husband and I visited Althorp a few years ago and we met and talked with Charles Spencer. It was magnificent.
Is this possible for anyone to do? I would love to visit and just shake his hand. He seems like such a sweet loving man.
He's just a person. A human being. The same as you, me and every other person on this planet. He just lives in a nice house. I don't get the celebrity "starstruck" thing.
What a wonderful opportunity to visit this property, see the history of this place & actually meet, speaking with Princess Diana’s brother. Love to visit this historical place where Princess Diana grew up & was sadly laid to rest!❤️Thank-you for sharing your visit there & your experience meeting him with us all!
Do you know of a nice bed and breakfast that is close enough? I would like to bring my mum to visit, she's a Diana adorer.
@@paigetipton2373 Yes, if you buy one of his books at the estate's shop, you can stay for the signing session later in the afternoon, and he will sign it for you.
I've always loved how they portrayed Diana as a "commoner", and yet her family is half a millenia old.
Ikr? Diana's family and Charles' family are in the same level, that's why Queen Elizabeth II chooses Diana to be the wife of the future king.
One of her ancestors was The Duchess of Devonshire, who had a very sad life in her arranged marriage. Mary Boleyn is also an ancestor of The Spencers.
Every family is also very old.......
Perhaps it was meant
as "a common w*h@o#r$e".
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@@jacktaylor5937 The mother could hardly talk. She left her husband and children for another man. Plus Diana's "Muslims" were hardly practicing Muslims. Dodi was an infamous playboy who drank alcohol and so did Hasnat Kahn. Practicing Muslims to do drink alcohol or have sex before or outside of marriage, and they marry good Muslim girls. Hasnat Khan has never married.......
He looks so much like his father. You can see how much he appreciates his family history
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His eulogy of his sister was magnificent.
She exuded class and aristocratic upbringing in all her mannerisms and actions, her soft and cultured speach, her elegant dressing sense, her graceful style, her stately walk and most of all her graciousness in her interactions with everyone be they the heads of state, celebrities, or the members of the general millieu who flocked to meet her, greet her shower their love and loyalty on her or the sick and the downtrodden or those ostracised by society. None of the royals except the QUEEN has ever been a shine above her. Yes she became jealous but did no harm; yes she became vindictive with Charles, but which devoted doting wife would not when treated as callously as Charles did; but that was only human. Yet she never stopped to being petty or mean with all others. Probably Meghan's despicable behaviour in dragging the royal family's name in mud should make all the royals, and specially Charles realise what a gem he has lost.
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But so hypocritical
@@rogerfielding1117No.
Shame the eulogy is s not allowed to be sold anymore.
Prince William and Prince George looks so much like him. They got the Spencer gene. By the way, Winston Churchill comes from the Spencer Family.
Yep it's the same family. The Dukes of Marlborough are also Spencers but petitioned the King to revert back to Churchill.
Yeah, they look more like their mother side. Funny, when you're rich and bloody ugly & think you're so handsome...that was Charles. Idiot should hv been grateful that he had a real Princess like Diana. The lad preferred that hideous thing he is married to now..😕
@@ds1868 They didn't revert back.. They appended the name "Churchill" to their original last name.. Their family is known as "The Noble House of Spencer-Churchill" which includes all the descendants of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland and Princess Anne Churchill of Mindelheim..
Also George Washington, US's 1st president.
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I still cry when i watch programs like this . Her family must feel a great loss every single day.
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A very dignified man with a strong sense of responsibility to their family’s estate. Not really surprised with his portrait carrying his speech for diana’s funeral. He just loves his sister very much. #sad
Pity he didn't carry out what he said in his eulogy with the Princes' and he denied a refuge to Diana when she most needed it. They apparently never reconciled.
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I agree poppy
@@barbarateittinen728 It is not true. he did not dey Diana a home on he estate, and they were reconciled after their row, which was mostly h
er fault
Respect to the Spencer's family,
They are doing a good job ! ✋🙂
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I got to visit Althorp as a tourist and was so impressed with the splendor of the home and grounds - there were even sheep grazing !
Yes, sheep is how they mow the lawn and maintain the turf.
How lucky you are to have visited there! I would so love to visit there, myself! Thanks for sharing!❤️
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His children look so much like Diana, especially Kitty, who has her aunt's beautiful eyes.
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What a beautiful and peaceful place!!! Very charming Charles! Princess Diana has the best resting place!
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I was so proud of the way you stood up at Diana's funeral and told the world about Diana and showed how her life really meant something and now, we don't have her bright light anymore and I still after 23 Years still to this day love her and think of her often, especially when Princess Katherine wears something that reminds me of Diana Princess of Wales! I Like you very much Earl Spencer and I know Diana watches you from above and remembers how you gave the most beautiful and loving speech about her at her funeral and at the end, put the royals in their place, Good on you!!!
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I'd like to thank Charles Spencer for introducing me to a part of English medieval history that I'd been ignorant about. The White Ship is a fascinating account of this historical episode.
It's a good read to be true. The whole of British history
would have been so different had that ship not foundered
Williams’s son George looks like him.
NOMO FOMO true very look alike
exactly
Yes. I think William inherited all those Spencer genes from Diana. A younger William looks a lot like the Princess.
Sooooo.. true! He does look like him, I’m sure the royals see it & hate it!
@@BertRussie and unfortunately, William inherited the baldness from the 8th Earl Spencer.
Didn’t it come out that Diana wrote to her brother asking for refuge at Althorp. He denied her that support citing the media frenzy. I don’t judge him, but I wonder how he feels in retrospect.
@Lacey Langton the guilt if he has any, must eat at him every day, over Diana. Regards to the home he has maintained the property well for the next few generations, I hope he teaches his son how to keep this house going for his future.
@@lynnenuma995 actually that is how it is in most socities. Don't think for a second that Di got nothing. In most socities, a father usually wants "that special home" which he would have built to pass down to his son, his heir, who carries his name. Trust me when i say NO man wants what he/ancestors built to eventually carry the residence name of another man's title. Now hold on all you feminists...yes you may have your personal view on this so don't go crazy. If someone makes a decision with his / her belongings, regardless of how you feel personally, that person's decision ought to be respected...am i right?
He did not refuse to allow her to live on the estate.He just asked her to choose another cottage..Because the one she wanted was too close to the road and would have been a security nightmare..Anyway just like all brothers and sisters they made up and had spent a couple of weeks together right before she died..I do not understand what the fuss is over the Spencer tiara it was and does belong to the family..I am actually glad he took it back because if he hadn't who knows who would've been allowed to wear it during one of the most fake and comical weddings that the RF has ever been apart of..
He didn’t have the security to protect her and the boys.
Judy Holiday He took it back because it was his family’s and not the RF.
Well done sir. You are doing your family proud. Your show that you wrote and narrated on the Duke of Marlborough was informative, entertaining, and well done.
This is why Diana was able to tell Philip: "I out-rank you."
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How she could outrank hte queens husband is a mystery
@@glen7318 I know but we have to let these people have their dreams
Minute 4:43 You can see how Diana look like her mother.
It's Fitting that his Portrait has his Eulogy to his Sister. 🙏 🙏🙏
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William looks like a younger uncle Charles
Also George looks like him too
Harry looks just like the male version of Diana's sister Jane to the point it took my breath away when I saw him beside her ..
Yes. William takes after Diana and Charles Spencer.
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Wow what a beautiful home ♥
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Charles Spencer's eulogy of his sister Diana was one of the great eulogies in history. It was the most unforgettable moment of her funeral---and it resulted in applause in the Abbey and outside with the public.
Been to Althrop and a most beautiful place.❤️
Diana’s Resting place looks so sad, it seems like she is still alone in her resting place, with all the injustices, this is like the final blow in her lonely life
She might not be lonely in the afterlife realm with her angels friends. She did so much good in this lifetime. Definitely she is enjoying herself in the other realm.
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He seems like a truly good man ...
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He seems surprisingly candid and unpretentious.
He seems a bit pompous but also charming and witty. I can see a bit of Harry in him.
@@bibbiana4Lyfe It's the accent. Posh English always makes the speaker sound pompous
Very interesting. I now realized how Spencers are very wealthy English landlord
The upkeep of the estate sent the Earl broke and he had to open it up to the public plus sell many treasures and art works to keep it in the family and pay for the ongoing upkeep which costs millions. These estate owners no longer have the income they once did and many palaces and castles and manor houses fall into disrepair and ruins because there is no money left to repair and restore them.
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I remember this speech it was beautiful and very befitting of Diana, he should be proud that he spoke so well of his sister.
DIANA WAS SO GORGEOUS! THANK GOD FOR DIANA!
What a beautiful and magnificent place to be. I would love to stay and explore the historical property.
It's a damn shame he wouldn't let DIANA live on the estate her final years because of the paparazzi maybe if he had the outcome might have been different.
Yeah , I’ve always thought so too. How cruel of the British aristocracy to bestow EVERYTHING to the first born male and leave nothing to the other children. Just horrible.
@@tuutts39 the title always goes to the first born male, that is law. The estate itself is decided by the earl. The property goes to the next earl by tradition and younger children are usually left a decent cash inheritance. They don’t get nothing (unless the deceased decided it that way). If it was split up equally we would not have these beautiful estates today. They would be striped of their art (since some goes to each child) and it would not have the funds to maintain such an estate.
What I dont understand is, why Diana didnt hire her own bodyguard after her separation from Charles. If she didnt had enough money, why didnt her brother did that for her? Obviously he was wealthy enough.
@@rossy3lo Diana had enough money. I think Harry alone inherited 2 million pounds from her. I think she did have bodyguards.
@@rossy3lo She had her own bodyguards. In fact, the only person to survive the car crash was Diana's chief body guard who was the only occupant of the car wearing a safety belt.
All these people living in Diana's name! Diana is still the Queen of Kings and Queens, and millions of hearts!!!
God bless you & yours Mr. Spencer
Uh, I think he goes by Earl Spencer. Or just Spencer for short.
What a house and estate, however i get the impression it needs a extension at the other side of the house to match it up or something,!
Why people said that james Hewitt is the father of harry
Diana's brother had red hair
Prince philip had red hair when he was young
Her sisters had red hair too, much more so than Charles
Harry looks exactly like Charles
Prince Philip was more of a dark blonde but yes Charles Spencer has red hair. Harry resembles Charles Spencer quite a lot.
Unnecessary controversy created by journalists to sell their tabloids
Are you saying that Prince Harry's father is Charles Spencer?
Beautiful countryside💕
Absolutely beautiful.
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Total and absolute gentlemen..!!!
Income tax of 98 percent. That’s disgusting.
Technically, the Spencer's are more Royal than the Windsor's🤔
That is what I heard!
That’s not exactly possible. By definition a member of the royal family is about as royal as it can get. They might have a distant claim to Charles I, but by act of parliament one of the criteria to be King (or Queen Regnant) is you must be a decent of Queen Anne or Sophia of Hanover.
Anything is possible, like people thought Megan Markle, was the first black royal, Queen Charlotte 🤔👍
@@tylerwest2449 That is true, but one interesting fact is, Electress Sophia of Hanover was not the seniormost descendant of Charles I.. That would be in the person of Lady Federica Schomberg, the Countess of Mertola but she passed over for Sophia of Hanover for some reason.. Also, Countess Federica just happens to be the great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales..
The Spencers are not really more "royal" thab the Windsors who are agmatic descendants of the House of Wettin from the Ernestine Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch BUT rather, one can say that they are MORE ENGLISH..
Also, many fail to realize that the Spencers are the heirs body to the once sovereign Prince of Mindelheim who held a seat and vote in the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire.. This would make them technically a Mediatised Princely Family such as the Princes of Thurn and Taxis, Furstenburg, Leiningen, Hohenlohe-Lagenburg, and Liechtenstein - making them equal to royalty.. The issue is, the Holy Roman Empire follows the strict salic law, and thus the imperial titles cannot be passed on or through the female line, and so Princess Anne of Mindelheim cannot pass her rights to her sons Charles, 4th Duke of Marlborough and John - father of the 1st Earl Spencer..
Nice and very lovely 506years old omg good on you keeping up on maintenence
Good on you for restoring,the portrait,in your blood keeping everything restoring
Outstanding Spencer's thankyou.
This was so well done
good after noon his excelince earl charles...........afreind to your family
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Very thought provoking and sad yet joyous
Diana will live forevermore. She is timeless.
Seems a very centered man. Beautiful estate!
He's probably the most down-to-earth aristocrat you could ever meet aside from Deborah Devonshire...
Geordo1960 Thank God we can make mistakes and then how up.
People seemed to forget what he did to his stepmother.
Prince George look like him
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Diana's brother refused her request to live at Althorpe. He told her it would be too much trouble for security. She was crushed. He let Diana down as much as anyone else. He should feel deeply ashamed. He has blood on his hands.
Oh that house??ok
What a lovely interview. It's too bad that Earl Spencer is such a despicable human being. I hope the people praising him in these comments will take a moment to research him a little so they can find what an abusive husband he was to his first wife and how to nearly destroyed his first wife with his cruelty - much worse than ANYTHING Charles even thought about doing to Diana! Let's get the facts straight - Prince Charles is a selfish creature, but he's not cruel. Also look at how the ungrateful Spencer children treated their stepmother, Raine. They criticized her publicly and accused her of selling off their inheritance. What she actually did was do everything she could to SAVE Althorp, which was badly in need of serious repair. If it had not been for her efforts, the house would be falling down around them. And how did they treat her as a new widow when the elder Earl Spencer died? They literally bunched up her possessions into black plastic garbage bags and threw them out of the house. Diana even bragged how she pushed Raine down the stairs once! (She later became friends with Raine.) What did Charles Spencer do when her inherited? The same thing Raine had done - sell off family treasures in order to keep the house running. And of course, he refused to allow Diana to live on the property when she needed a place to call home. He had no problem, however, in cashing in on Diana's death by having her buried on that lonely island and charging a fee to allow people onto the property to stare at it from across the water. I hope he has changed his ways and has gained some maturity and decency, but, the deeds of his past follow him and cannot be undone.
Loved to see the video a second time 🙂
I always wondered why Diana didn’t turn to her brother or sisters for support....
@Jennifer Roma
Very sad! 😢
I can’t imagine one of my siblings being in distress and not doing everything in my power to protect them. Least of all, having her take refuge in the home she was raised in...damn shame.
@Jennifer Roma That's a lie. Plain and simple. Diana never asked to move into the house. She asked for another big house located on the grounds, and this house was already inhabited, and the people inhabiting it were farming the grounds and well settled there, so he couldn't just oust them because she asked.
@@frname7665 not quite true. Diaana wanteda house which was near to hte periiter fence and it was considered to be less thn safe... so Charles S offered her other houses. She refused them
"A refuge for endangered birds, and Charles, The Ninth Earl Spencer" - but not his "Beloved" sister Princess Diana while She was still alive... Had She been welcomed by Her brother Charles to seek refuge at Her ancestral home, I think She'd still be a part of this world...
Prince George (Prince William's son) looks exactly like him (Earl of Spencer IX).
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This might be crass, but how does he get the money to sustain upkeep of such an estate ?
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It's a legitimate question not crass at all .
I wouldn't mind knowing the answer myself .
Royal blood lines. Im sure his family owns lots of land in the u.k. real estates . old money.
exas4791 The general public can hire out certain parts of the house for weddings Christmas parties christenings etc etc all throughout the year and dont forget the Diana exhibition must be still raking it in.
He rents it out so many months a year that part I read about..
It's open for tourist i think
Not bad for a protestant! That was funny!
Dianas royal lineage is complicated but, one of dianas ancestor is King James I through Frederica Mildmay, via cognatic primogeniture but she was passed over for Sophia of Hanover.
He is an honest trader I bought some books from him arrived in good time with a nice bow. He’d also signed them as per requested. I have to read Blood of the King but will get round to it.
Oh Trade dwarling how common lol a 19th century attitude but I guess this raises funds for his magnificent gaff which is the nations heritage. Fair does
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Princess Diana would welcome Duke Harry, Duchess Meghan & Prince Archie home. I guess Harry is like his Mother in a lot of ways? ♥️♥️♥️♥️
This is where Diana was raised? In my mind, she grew up in a regular 2-story house.
Ah yes. The good old 50’s and 60’s. When a working man could support his family on one wage. And we had a Health Service that worked properly.
Young George , William's son has resemblance with him.
Wishing someday I could visit this country and place where Diana where she growing up and buried.
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I love this!
Is it true that Diana asked her brother and she could move back into their estate and the brother denied her to move back home
Erlinda Rios She is now. Amen.
Erlinda Rios no. He said yes but in one of the cotteges of the property,not in the big house. At the time his children were small and he wanted to protect them from paparazzi that would have come to Althorp
Rip
It just seems that everybody should you always turn their back on her she seem like she was always by herself
The version I know was that her brother offered her space in a small house on the estate, then rescinded the invitation a bit later. Diana was so let down and hurt by this, causing a rift so bad, she didn't speak with Charles for some time. It does seem whenever she needed help, only those with ulterior motives provided actual assistance, expecting something in return for their "kindness".
What a beautiful..stunning home. Amazing it's in such pristine shape for 50yrs old.
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Well done to the working class me who built his empire.
Never forget great wealth has great tragedy.
This was interesting.
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Lovely man.
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These peers always talk about “New Roof” like damn I wonder how shoddy their ancestors done these houses roofs that they need to be replaced and it cost a lot to replace.
Wow what a beautiful Masonic floor they have in that place and were the children evacuated there or trafficked there to escape the German bombs?
Yep . Thinking 🤔
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Very tasteful and well done.
daaaaaaaayyyyyyyuuuuuuummmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On the tv Documentary (BBC I think) and one of biography about Princess Diana, he kicked his step mother out just shortly after his father died, threw her belongings on the pebbles in front of that manor ☹️
Really?
Great!
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Love Diana.
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I don't know if there is a llnk but, churchill was also a Spencer
@Ben Cloud thank you Ben, yes they were Iconic
Family legend has it that the Bradshaws fled to Jamaica to avoid the fate of the regicides. I will have to read his book to see what he has to say about judge John Bradshaw.
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Iam happy that Diana grew up there
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She didnt. she mainly grew up in Sandringham
'A haven for endangered birds' and they show us a coot🤣🤣🤣
Why can people never pronounce it properly?
bryantppierce it's spelt althorp. But pronounced allthrup.
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0.23s. The house Diana wanted to move into after her divorce from Charles. It was to be her retreat from the world but ultimately her hopes of moving home never happened. Truly tragic
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Hi. The P have and a . Also a great aunt.
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Couldn't live there
Now I am wondering. In what degree were Princess Diana and Prince Charles cousins?
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Beautiful palace
The bloodiest conflict your country has ever been involved with was the two Boer in 1909 wars in South Africa where 26 000 woman and children died in concentration camps. Historian my arse.
??? ... Guess I need research this part of hidden history.
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2 hours north of London ! What you doing walking its only 60 miles
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I find it interesting theres an island in the middle of a lake.
My first thought
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@@mariemonk104 whats interesting about that?
This is so interesting
Lordy those heels on the floors 😳
I was thinking that too. Dumb choice.
Past is PAST PEACE
Al-thrup!!! Not Althorp!
I recently read that’s just an affectation of the family. Starting with the grandfather.
S. Civilization fight in Oklahoma
The people paying to see Diana’s final resting place helps keep his family home going!!! Burying her in that lonely place he knew people would flock there so he is using Diana just as the royal family have done. Poor woman alone in life apart from the boys and now alone in on an island sad x
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98% tax rate 🤯
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Is this the one where he says the Spencer’s are related to George Washington
98% income tax!? wtf
It's not a manor nut an estate! He's an Earl not a baron!!!
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The Spencer family more Royal then the Rayal family .
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