Please read the official statement from Althorp Estate at the end of the article.
Princess Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, is renting her childhood home for 25,000 pounds a night.
According to the posh Conde Nast Traveller magazine, the Althorp estate, where Diana is buried on a tiny island in the Oval Lake, can also be rented for a week and a five-course dinner costs 300 pounds per head extra, the Mirror reported.
For a further 10,000 pounds, meal can be served in the ornate grand picture gallery that can seat 200 people for dinner.
The property, which has a series of staterooms and a library, is in 550 acres of parkland, part of the 14,000 acre Althorp Estate.
Althorp Estate clarifies:
"1976 was the first year that Althorp was actively and publicly marketed for commercial visits, with overnight paying guests in all available and suitable bedrooms, by an agent. This business has therefore been on-going for 37 years.
There was coverage of this new development, back then, in the British press, including a photocall and interview with the Late Earl Spencer at Althorp.
Althorp has been available on the same basis ever since, through various agents, who have advertised such availability as they see fit – through literature, at trade fairs, and on the internet (since it became a common marketing tool – i.e. in the last few years).
This form of client access is accepted practice for many owners of Britain’s historic houses, who do their best to maintain the nation’s and their family heritage, as you can see from the websites of many of those homes, and the agencies that represent them.
For example, Belvoir Castle (owned by The Duke and Duchess of Rutland), Knowsley Hall (owned by The Earl and Countess of Derby), and Sudeley Castle (owned by Lord and Lady Ashcombe) are all available for similar bookings. There are many dozens of other privately-owned, historic, houses that offer this service – but not many of them, of course, have done so for as long as Althorp.
Earl Spencer and the Spencer Family’s Trustees reserve all their legal rights."
