Charles Spencer has seemingly hinted at his next steps after the publication of his Princess Diana memoir, Swan Song, last week.
The Earl, 62, has trademarked the name of his family business on the Althorp Estate, Spencer Farms, to use for goods, according to a listing on the government’s Intellectual Property Office.
These will potentially include honey, tea, marmalade, and wine, as well as rugs and bags. He has also registered his name for public speaking and appearances.
This means he could earn money from products under the name and prevent others from using it without permission.
However, a source told The Sun that the trademarks were only made in 2023 as a “preventative measure” and have been “left dormant”, adding that it is not a “new venture”.
The move will likely draw comparisons with Meghan Markle, who is married to Charles Spencer’s nephew, Prince Harry.
Meghan has her own jam range under her brand As Ever, while King Charles also sells preserves under his Highgrove line.
The couple stayed with the Earl at his Northamptonshire estate over the summer, joined by their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
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Charles Spencer opens up about Archie and Lilibet stay after book release
Last week, Charles Spencer finally confirmed that the Sussex family “came to stay” at Althorp in July during their “summer holiday” to the UK, before deciding to return on a more permanent basis.
Speaking on Lorraine, he said: “Harry came to stay in the summer with his family, and that was lovely.
© Instagram / @meghan“Although when I look, you know, it’s so sad. I saw the two little kids running around, and the sadness of not having… Can you imagine what a great-grandmother Diana would’ve been? Spoiling them rotten.”
Diana’s younger brother released Swan Song: Diana my Sister last Tuesday. Among the most talked about extracts was a claim that the then-Prince Charles said “we’ll forget her soon enough” during an argument over whether Princes William and Harry should walk behind their mother’s coffin in her funeral procession.
In a strongly worded response, Buckingham Palace said the King was “mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgement and colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss”.
Who will inherit the Althorp Estate after Charles Spencer?
The Earl’s Northamptonshire home, Althorp Estate, has been in the Spencer family since 1508 and was the childhood home of the Earl and his late sister, Princess Diana, and two sisters, Lady Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale.
His eldest daughter is Lady Kitty Spencer, but Charles has revealed his eldest son, Viscount Louis Spencer, is most likely to inherit the 13,000-acre home.
© WireImageIn an interview with The Telegraph in 2023, he said: “Is it any fairer that the eldest child gets it instead of the eldest male? Whatever you say is a selection.”
The ninth Earl Spencer shares Lady Kitty, 35, twins Lady Eliza and Lady Amelia, 34, and Louis, Viscount Althorp, 32, with his first wife Victoria Lockwood.
© InstagramHe shares his second son, Hon. Edmund ‘Ned’ Spencer, 22, and daughter Lady Lara, 20, with his second wife, Caroline Freud. Charles shares his youngest daughter, Lady Charlotte, 14, with his third wife, Countess Karen Spencer.
The Earl is now married to Norwegian archaeologist Cat Jarman, his fourth wife.
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