News about John Spencer

Princess Diana's great-grandmother's notebook in which she listed all the balls she attended and the men she danced with has been published. During the 'London Season,' Adelaide Elizabeth Seymour was a member of Victorian Britain's social elite and was invited to numerous balls, banquets, and galas. She was a direct descendant of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, as an attractive 19-year-old girl married into an aristocratic family and would have been welcomed into society to find a husband.

Earl Spencer, 59,'s brother, took to Instagram to post a collection of family antiques discovered in his Althorp House estate in Northamptonshire. Charles discovered a 19th century plaque (right) and two portraits that'reconnected' him with the marriages of his great-grandparents, Frederick and Adelaide Spencer, who were sifting through attics on the estate.

Princess Diana's countryside boarding school has gone up for auction for £3 million. Riddlesworth Hall, a former prep school in Norfolk, first opened as an independent girl's school in 1946, but it was forced to shut down in April due to 'unprecedented financial difficulties.' After her mother, Frances Roche, left her father, John Spencer, for wallpaper billionaire Peter Shand-Kydd, the teen princess was sent to the Norfolk boarding school at the age of nine. Now, the Grade II listed country estate in which the school was previously located, which has a swimming pool, playing fields, and tennis courts on its grounds, is up for auction for £3 million. Princess Diana was sent to the prep school in 1970, three years after her parents separated, and she stayed at Riddlesworth Hall, which lies between Thetford and Diss in Norfolk, between the ages of nine and twelve.

The Spencers are difficult,' the Queen Mother is said to have observed a family history marred by controversy, glamour, and, of course, tragedy after its most popular modern scion Princess Diana died aged 36. The Spencers have been at the top of the tree for a long time, with some dating back to the 15th century. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, the granddaughter of the late Earl Spencer family, who scandalized the world not only due to her opiate mixtures but also with a rumored endangering alcoholic drink, but also with her relationship with the new prime minister, Charles Grey. In Sir Winston Churchill, two centuries old, the Spencers will produce a prime minister of their own, not to mention a future Princess of Wales, after the Eighth Earl's daughter, John Spencer, notably captured Prince Charles' heart. But who are the movers and shakers in today's Spencer clan? Here's a look at a younger generation whose popularity both nationally and internationally continues to grow.

A farmer's son who said he was promised the family's farm by his father is suing his siblings in an attempt to recover the entire £5 million estate for himself. Michael Spencer, 62, (left) and Penelope Spencer, 63, are locked in a court fight over allegations that he is entitled to the 405-acre Lincolnshire estate after being forced to work it for as little as £30-a-week from a young age. Michael is now trying to prohibit his older sisters from claiming their share of the family property that his father John established as a trust before he died. His two children insist that their father did not intend the property to go solely to Michael, who had already received £2.2 million in inheritance, but that the entire family should prosper.

Princess Diana's younger brother Charles spent his childhood on the sprawling family estate that he would inherit as the heir to Earl Spencer's title. But life in Althorp was not as idyllic as it seems, and Diana said she would never see her mother screaming despite Charles' description of the house as a "nightmarish place." He inherited his father's name when he was just 27 years old, but his adult life was characterized by similar turmoil, including two failed marriages, a broken-off marriage, and his older sister's tragic death. Though he now appears content at Althorp with his third wife, Karen, his recent absence from his daughter Amelia's wedding was a reminder of his apparently distant friendships with his older siblings. MailOnline looks back on Earl Spencer's turbulent family life and who will inherit his title as he approaches his 59th birthday.

Wetherell's founder and Executive Chairman Peter Wetherell estimated it would cost £10.5 million to rebuild the unfinished shell, which was once Countess Raine Spencer's apartment in Mayfair. This Mayfair apartment at 47 Grosvenor Square gives a discerning buyer with a unique opportunity to purchase a blank canvas shell unit and restore and modernize the house to build a stunning new home,' he said.

Members of the royal family have a variety of extravagant watch collections, including those of Swiss brand Patek Philippe, French designer Cartier, and Omega. They have also been found to often give their loved ones a watch, ranging from the Queen giving a Vain Constantin to Princess Diana to Harry presenting Meghan with a family heirloom Cartier Tank.

Earl Spencer, 58, who lives in Northamptonshire's Althorp House, took to his social media pages today to celebrate his father's 99th birthday. In 1940, John was depicted as a 16-year-old cadet, and his followers couldn't help but note the similarity between the late Earl and his great-grandson, nine-year-old George. The image was captioned on Twitter: On his 99th birthday, my father had a look at him as a 16-year-old cadet in 1940.' He'd been Mentioned in Despatches for his service as a tank commander in the Normandy invasion four years ago. 'Photograph taken outside @AlthorpHouse - which had a lot more ivy back then,' said Charles, Princess Diana's brother.

On Twitter, Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer, posted a snap of official ER cufflinks, saying, 'Wearing these at Windsor today, with tremendous sadness and pride.' The snap displayed two gold royal presentation cufflinks that would have been sent to a courtier or a high figure from H.M.Queen Elizabeth II, most likely his father John, who was the Queen's equerry.

On a tour of Australia in 1954, Princess Diana Spencer (right with the Queen in 2004) has paid a loving tribute to the Queen by posting a snapshot of his father John Spencer in a Land Rover with Her Majesty and Prince Philip. The 9th Earl Spencer, Charles, posted the image on Instagram as part of a series of tributes to the Queen, who died on Thursday at the age of 96. 'The Queen and Prince Philip of Australia appeared on their immensely popular Commonwealth tour from 1953-4,' Prince Philip and the Queen were photographed in 1954 in Australia.