The day Madonna requested if she may get married at my home! Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, opens up on a ‘surreal’ cellphone name from the star

He was conspicuous by his absence on the weddings of his daughters Woman Kitty and Lady Amelia Spencer, however Earl Spencer may have hosted the Queen of Pop’s nuptials.

Princess Diana’s brother has revealed that Madonna requested him if she may alternate vows with movie director Guy Ritchie at his Northamptonshire seat, Althorp.

‘I used to be cooking at residence at some point and the cellphone went and this voice mentioned, “Whats up, it’s Madonna right here”, and I believed, “Properly, who on earth is that this? It’s too ridiculous”. 

‘After which I realised it was, and he or she mentioned she needed to get married.’

Man Ritchie and Madonna pictured collectively in 2000 – the yr they married

Historian and Ninth Earl, Charles Spencer, outdoors his household seat Althorp Home in Northamptonshire

Earl Spencer revealed Madonna’s shocking request on The Rabbithole Detectives Podcast, pictured

The podcast options the Reverend Richard Coles, writer and archeologist Dr Cat Jarman and Earl Spencer

Historian Charles Spencer provides on The Rabbit Gap Detectives podcast: ‘We had this quite surreal dialog the place I used to be simply considering, “That is past perception”. 

Then on the finish she mentioned, “And the way are you doing?” And I mentioned, “I’m tremendous, thanks, how about you?” 

And she or he mentioned, “Properly, I’d suggest you don’t give beginning and convey out an album in the identical month”. I’ve caught by it religiously.’

He provides: ‘She then didn’t have the marriage with me, however at the least we had that second.’

The American pop famous person ended up getting married to Lock, Inventory and Two Smoking Barrels director Ritchie, 54, in a £1.5million wedding ceremony at Skibo Citadel, within the Highlands of Scotland, in 2000. The couple had been divorced in 2008.

On reflection, Earl Spencer may be relieved that this explicit movie star wedding ceremony handed him by.

Based on stories on the time, safety across the occasion was so tight that members of the Skibo Citadel employees had been requested to signal a four-page confidentiality doc.

The Day by day Mail’s Richard Pendlebury reported that: ‘visitors had been summoned to attend Skibo a number of days earlier than the ceremony, and one of many extra uncommon stipulations laid down by Madonna’s folks was that solely the wives of male visitors or girlfriends to whom Madonna had been launched and knew, must be allowed to attend.’

Well-known as the house of Scots-born American industrialist Andrew Carnegie, Skibo Citadel is a largely nineteenth century constructing in a mode described as gothic fantasy.

Skibo Citadel, close to Inverness, performed host to the marriage of Man Ritchie and Madonna in 2000

Journalists and photographers wait outdoors Skibo because the celebrations happen

The safety round Skibo Citadel was unusually tight. Workers had been mentioned to have signed confidentiality types

It boasts a spectacular location – plus its personal golf course – on the Dornach Firth, 45 minutes from Inverness.

Althorp Home, one among Diana’s childhood houses, is a Grade 1 listed mansion relationship from the late seventeenth century. The property has been within the possession of the Spencer household since 1508.

The physique of Diana was laid to relaxation on a small island in a lake within the Althorp grounds.