Charles Spencer stuns fans with Althorp photo – but not everyone is happy

Charles Spencer had a treat in store for his fans on Monday.

The 58-year-old – the younger brother of the late Princess Diana – posted a spectacular photo from within the grounds of Althorp, the family’s ancestral seat. Take a sneak peek inside the grand home here... 

The picture shows a sea of daffodils in a beautiful countryside scene, all basked in a warm evening light.

Captioning the image, Charles wrote: “Beautiful spring evening, just now.”

The majority of fans were full of praise for the image. “Stunning! Best wishes to you from America,” one wrote. A second added: “Thank you for sharing your beautiful home and grounds with us all.” A third simply stated: “So tranquil.”

However, not everyone loved the sunny snapshot.  

“That pic is almost abusive. We still have feet of snow here, and the temperature hovers around 0 during the day so it never leaves. Please send some of what you have there, here, STAT!” joked one fan.

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Another shared a photo from their window showing a snow-covered street. “Yes, quite… Regards Sweden,” they wrote, adding a frozen face emoji.

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Charles grew up at Althorp alongside three older sisters, including the late Princess Diana, but due to laws around how hereditary peerages are inherited, he became the 9th Earl Spencer following the death of his father and gained ownership of the property.

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The Spencer family's ancestral home in Northamptonshire boasts some 550 acres – and was where Princess Diana grew up with her siblings, prior to her 1981 marriage to then-Prince Charles.

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Father-of-seven Charles currently lives at Althorp with his third wife, Karen, and their young daughter.

He shares four children with his first wife, Victoria Lockwood: Lady Kitty, 32, 30-year-old twins Lady Eliza and Lady Amelia, and Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp, 29.

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Charles went on to welcome two children with his second wife, Caroline Freud: The Hon. Edmund Spencer, 19, and Lady Lara Spencer, 17, while he and Karen – who were married on 18 June 2011 – share ten-year-old daughter Lady Charlotte Diana together. 

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