On August 18, Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, announced he’s releasing Swan Song, a new book about his late sister’s life, and there’s still time to explore Diana’s childhood home ahead of the tell-all’s publication in September. Although Althorp House is typically closed to the public, the 9th Earl Spencer opens his doors for two months each year, and the historic Northamptonshire estate will welcome guests through August 31.
Althorp is where Diana was raised alongside her younger brother and two older sisters, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes, but the history of the property dates all the way back to the 1500s. Charles Spencer inherited the roughly 13,000-acre estate when his father, the 8th Earl Spencer, died in 1992, and it remains a family home for the earl and his new wife, Cat Jaman.
