Princess Diana’s brother plans to leave his Althorp estate to his SON instead of his eldest child, daughter Lady Kitty Spencer
PRINCESS Diana’s younger brother, Earl Spencer has revealed he plans to leave the Spencer family estate to his son, despite him having an older daughter.
William and Harry’s uncle admits that he wishes to leave Althorp estate to his son Viscount Louis Spencer, 25, instead of his eldest child Lady Kitty, 28.
In doing so the father-of-seven will be sticking to the archaic tradition of male primogeniture which sees the eldest son inherit property, titles and fortunes.
Despite the practice being considered outdated and has been abandoned by the royal family, Earl Spencer sees no fault in it.
Speaking to he said: “Is it any fairer that the eldest child gets it instead of the eldest male? Whatever you say is a selection.”
Diana’s brother may be of this thinking because he inherited the estate over his elder sisters Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes, and Princess Diana.
Primogeniture also saw his secure his dad’s peerage until House of Lords Act 1999 excluded the majority of hereditary peers.
The Althorp Estate can be found in the district of Daventry, in Northamptonshire.
Its name comes from the parish of Althorp, which makes up the 13,000 acre estate, six miles by road from the town of Northampton.
The Spencers, has owned the Althorp Estate for over 500 years, with Diana calling the estate home before her marriage to Prince Charles.
The estate includes a Grade I listed stately home, along with 50 square kilometres of woodland, cottages and farms in the surrounding area.
Princess Diana's grave is located on an island in the middle of an ornamental lake on the estate, which was chosen to defend the late princess' remains from ghouls.
A memorial for visitors can be found across from the lake, where well-wishers can leave flowers as a tribute to the much-loved princess.
The home recently became available for overnight hire according to the , but guests can expect to fork out £25,000 a night to stay on the estate.
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It is also available to rent for a week with a five-course dinner priced at £300 a head, breakfast is £500 and you have to fork out £10,000 to have it served to you in the picture gallery.
The full Monty is £75,000 meaning that drama student Louis will inherit a nice little earner.
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