{"id":142652,"date":"2025-05-23T13:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=142652"},"modified":"2025-05-23T13:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T20:22:01","slug":"princess-dianas-brother-in-law-leaves-legacy-in-2-million-will-are-prince-william-and-prince-harry-getting-any-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/princess-dianas-brother-in-law-leaves-legacy-in-2-million-will-are-prince-william-and-prince-harry-getting-any-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Diana\u2019s brother-in-law leaves legacy in $2 million will, are Prince William and Prince Harry getting any of it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the late <strong>Princess Diana\u2019s brother-in-law<\/strong>, <strong>Lord Robert Fellowes<\/strong>, passed away in July 2024 at 82, his legacy wasn\u2019t just royal connections\u2014it was a carefully planned will worth $2 million. The late private secretary to<strong> Queen Elizabeth<\/strong> and husband to Princess Diana\u2019s sister, <strong>Lady Jane Spencer<\/strong>, left most of his fortune to her, including income from his estate. But he also spread the love with charitable donations to institutions like Eton College and St. Mary\u2019s Church. Prince Harry and Prince William? The royal brothers out of the question.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBaronSmit1\/status\/1829274618093265314\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udd95The Duke of Sussex attended the funeral service for his late uncle, Lord Robert Fellowes held in Norfolk yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Lord Fellowes was married to Princess Diana\u2019s sister, Lady Jane Fellowes, who was pictured with her nephew in June.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PrinceHarry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#PrinceHarry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3qHqrCyYca\">pic.twitter.com\/3qHqrCyYca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ChrisBaronSmith (@ChrisBaronSmit1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBaronSmit1\/status\/1829274618093265314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fellowes wasn\u2019t just a royal in-law; he was a trusted aide to the Queen from 1977 to 1999, rising through the ranks from assistant to private secretary. His career put him in the inner royal circle, and his Eton background linked him to nephews <strong>Prince William<\/strong> and <strong>Prince Harry<\/strong>, who also attended the elite school. In fact, both princes showed up at his memorial in August, though they reportedly avoided each other.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBaronSmit1\/status\/1830753272526680301\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PrinceHarry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#PrinceHarry<\/a> Stayed at Althorp, Princess Diana&#39;s Childhood Home, During Recent U.K. Visit.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke of Sussex stayed with his uncle Charles Spencer at Althorp House following his appearance at the memorial service for his late uncle, Lord Robert Fellowes, on August 29.\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dWGnbQAiqq\">pic.twitter.com\/dWGnbQAiqq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ChrisBaronSmith (@ChrisBaronSmit1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBaronSmit1\/status\/1830753272526680301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rumors of the brothers\u2019 ongoing rift were hard to ignore. They seemingly kept their distance at the <strong>Norfolk<\/strong> service, avoiding interaction entirely. While they came to honor their uncle, the frostiness between them added a layer of tension to an already emotional day.Harry later opened up about his deep sadness over being unable to bring his children to the U.K., citing security concerns after losing state-funded protection. \u201cI miss the U.K.,\u201d he told the BBC. \u201cIt\u2019s sad I can\u2019t show my children my homeland.\u201d The will may have closed one chapter, but for the royal family, many emotional pages are still turning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the late Princess Diana\u2019s brother-in-law, Lord Robert Fellowes, passed away in July 2024 at 82, his legacy wasn\u2019t just royal connections\u2014it was a carefully planned will worth $2 million. The late private secretary to Queen Elizabeth and husband to Princess Diana\u2019s sister, Lady Jane Spencer, left most of his fortune to her, including income [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":142653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1795],"tags":[1627,1525,1686],"class_list":{"0":"post-142652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-royal-family","9":"tag-prince-harry","10":"tag-prince-william","11":"tag-princess-diana"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}