Charles Spencer warmly greeted his nephew at St Paul s Cathedral when the Duke of Sussex made a flying visit to Britain for the tenth anniversary of the Invictus Games earlier this month.
He held a range of important roles throughout his life, including as an equerry to George VI and, later, Queen Elizabeth. And today would have been his 100th birthday.
Former prep school Riddlesworth Hall, in Norfolk first opened as an independent girl s school in 1946, before it was forced to close in April this year.
Earl Spencer s early life at Althorp with his sister Diana was not as blissful as it sounds and his adult life brought similar tumult. MailOnline looks back at his family life and who is going to inherit his title.