Prince William and Harry's cousin who will inherit Diana's childhood home
04.09.2022 - 06:59
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Royal family fans may be shocked to know Princess Diana's childhood home will not go to either of her two sons, Prince William or Prince Harry, and will instead go to their cousin.
Louis Frederick John Spencer, Viscount Althorp was born on March 14, 1994 to Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer and Victoria Lockwood at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. Louis, 27, is Diana's nephew who was just a tot when the Princess of Wales tragically died in Paris is now set to inherit her childhood home, writes the Mirror.
Diana was born into the aristocratic Spencer family and grew up on the Althorp Estate in Northampton - a 100,000 sq. ft, 90-room home set to be inherited by the man dubbed by Tatler as a ‘Top Eligible Bachelor’. The heir is one of six siblings - Lady Kitty Spencer, 31, Lady Amelia Spencer, 29, Lady Eliza Spencer, 29, Samuel Aitken, 18 and Edmund Spencer, 18.
Louis - who has been praised for his likeness to his cousin Prince Harry - is a nephew of the late Princess Diana, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes. He grew up in Cape Town with his elder sisters but later moved to the UK and studied at the University of Edinburgh.
When he was born, he quickly became the poster boy for primogeniture - a historic rule that unseats any female heir if a younger brother is born. The rules of primogeniture were altered in the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, meaning that any younger brother born after this date can no longer leapfrog an older sister.
As the rule still applies to the Spencer family, the oldest daughter, Lady Kitty Spencer, spoke about how she feels knowing that her younger brother will one day be the 10th Earl Spencer. She said: "Primogeniture can be a tricky topic, because as times are