{"id":362994,"date":"2026-01-10T16:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T16:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/362994\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T16:09:08","slug":"princess-dianas-brother-sends-out-invitations-days-after-royal-family-snubbed-prince-harry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/362994\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Diana’s brother sends out invitations days after royal family snubbed Prince Harry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PrincessRoyals reportedly snubbed Prince Harry on Christmas by not inviting him and his family<\/p>\n

Princess Diana\u2019s brother Charles Spencer has sent out invitations with a sunny view from Althorp\u2019s Library window, into the Deer Park and beyond. <\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram, Charles Spencer shared a sweet photo of Althorp\u2019s Library window with invitations to authors to come to speak at the Althorp Literary Festival, which will take place on Friday 9, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cThe sunny view from Althorp\u2019s Library window this morning, into the Deer Park and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sending out invitations this weekend to authors to come to speak at the Althorp Literary Festival, which will take place here on Friday 9, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prince William and Harry\u2019s uncle also disclosed the names of the authors who had already confirmed their presence.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cThose who\u2019ve already confirmed they are coming to speak, and stay the night, include Dame Prue Leith, Antony Beevor, Jung Chang Justine Picardie and Tim Bouverie.<\/p>\n

Spencer further said, \u201cThe Library becomes the speakers\u2019 green room during the festival – a place for them to relax, make new\/catch up with old friends, and be spoilt. <\/p>\n

\u201cWriting is a solitary profession, and I want this Festival to properly celebrate books and writers – all in a very relaxed and happy way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets will be available from March 1.<\/p>\n

Prof Cat Jarman and Spencer will also be speaking.<\/p>\n

Charles Spencer\u2019s invitations came days after the royal family snubbed Prince Harry on Christmas by not inviting him and his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Royals reportedly snubbed Prince Harry on Christmas by not inviting him and his family Princess Diana\u2019s brother Charles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-362994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}