Princess Diana grew up at the Althorp Estate in West Northamptonshire, England. The family residence has been passed down through generations, with her eldest brother Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, owning the property since 1992. However his eldest child, Prince William or Prince Harry aren’t in line to inherit the home.
Read more: Prince Harry's heartbreaking response to his father's chilling words after Diana's death Read more: Charles Spencer poses with rarely seen daughter Lara who looks just like aunt Princess Diana Instead, his fourth eldest child will eventually become the new owner - son Louis Spencer, also known as the Viscount Althorp. Born as Louis Frederick John Spencer on 14 March 1994, he is 30 years old. He was welcomed at St Mary's Hospital, London in Westminster, London and is the fourth child of Charles and his first wife, Victoria Lockwood.
He has three older sisters Kitty, Eliza and Amelia. The family moved to the wealthy suburb of Constantia in Cape Town, South Africa in 1996. While Louis may not be the oldest child of Charles, he is the eldest son.
English primogeniture law dictates that he will inherit the Spencer title and the 5,500-hectare Spencer estate in Northamptonshire. This attracted some controversy as people called it old-fashioned, however, his eldest sister Kitty defended him. She told Town & Country magazine that while primogeniture can be “tricky because as times are changing, attitudes are as well” her family grew up knowing he .
