EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: After Earl Spencer announced split from third wife Karen, she declares that she won't go quietly - and she's taking the sheep!

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: After Earl Spencer announced split from third wife Karen, she declares that she won't go quietly - and she's taking the sheep! By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 16:30 EDT, 22 August 2024 | Updated: 16:46 EDT, 22 August 2024 e-mail View comments Countess Spencer has announced her next moves after splitting from Princess Diana's brother, and she will be taking the 'orphaned' lambs with her. Karen Gordon became Charles Spencer 's third wife in 2011 and gave birth to his seventh child, Lady Charlotte, the following year. They married within the grounds of Althorp, where the Earl's older sister Princess Diana is buried.

The couple had met the previous year on a blind date at a restaurant in Los Angeles . It is understood their marriage broke down amid the strain of Earl Spencer writing his harrowing memoir detailing the physical and sexual abuse he suffered at boarding school, The Mail On Sunday reported. Earl and Countess Spencer on their wedding day at Althrop in Northamptonshire.

Their marriage is understood to have broken down amid the straing of Earl Spencer's memoir An Instagram picture from Countess Spencer's account of 'orphaned' lambs Lucky and Minty The couple announced their pending divorce to staff at Althorp, the Spencer family estate in Northamptonshire, in April. Following the split, the Countess said she is 'looking forward to reconnecting' with followers on social media. 'I'm currently still at Althorp,' said the Countess, 52.

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