Princess Diana’s brother Earl Spencer's new love 'is suing his estranged wife'

Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, who is the younger sibling of Princess Diana, started dating podcast host Professor Cat Jarman earlier this year after divorcing his third wife

The new love of Princess Diana’s brother Earl Spencer is suing his estranged wife, according to reports today.

Professor Cat Jarman, who started a relationship with Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer earlier this year after he divorced Countess Karen Spencer, claims the woman leaked intimate secrets about her. Prof Jarman, 42, said this caused her “distress and embarrassment".

Earl Spencer, the younger brother of Diana, is reportedly caught up in the bizarre legal battle, weeks after he and Prof Jarman, an archaeologist, revealed their blossoming romance. The 60-year-old author announced his split from Countess Spencer in March, following a 13-year marriage.

The two women are now set for an explosive High Court showdown over the spilling of intimate secrets, according to reports. Dr Jarman is suing Lady Spencer for allegedly revealing private details of her life to a string of people.

Dr Jarman, who co-hosts a podcast with the 60-year-old Earl, had grown close to him after a dig at his sprawling ancestral home, reports The Sun. The Norwegian professor was searching his vast Althorp estate in Northamptonshire — Diana’s final resting place — for a lost medieval village.

But Dr Jarman, named Nordic Person of the Year 2024 in Scandanavia, claims the alleged leak in May this year caused her “distress, upset and embarrassment”.

Court paperwork is purported to say: “Dr Jarman was unaware until around mid-May that the Countess had even obtained the private information. She only found out after the Countess had disclosed the information to Earl Spencer — the revelation of which was shocking to her.

"Dr Jarman did not, at any time, provide her consent to the Countess to disclose that information to any third party or intimate anything to that effect. This lack of consent should have been obvious to the Countess given the nature of the private information and the circumstances in which it was imparted.”

It is understood Dr Jarman wants damages, an injunction banning Lady Spencer from telling anyone else and a full list of those already told, including, it is claimed, her personal trainer.