Princess Diana's brother shares photo of 'black sheep' of Spencer family

Prince William and Prince Harry’s uncle Earl Charles Spencer has shared photo of a ‘black sheep’ of the Spencer family, saying “we children were never allowed to meet him.”

Taking to Instagram, Princess Diana’s brother shared two family photographs from the early 1900s.

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He also revealed that the first picture features his great-aunt Lavinia, great-uncle Georgie and grandfather (Jack), playing with their dog, Jock, in the garden.

About the other photo, Charles said, “While the second is of my great-uncle Cecil, swinging my great-aunt Margaret in the air, on his return from Dartmouth, where he was training to become a Naval officer.

“Cecil received a chest full of medals serving in the Royal Navy as a Motor Torpedo Boat captain in World War 1. He died after a fall from his horse while playing polo on Malta in the ‘20s.”

"Lavinia became Lady Annaly and lived across the valley from Althorp at Holdenby House. A very heavy smoker, she died in her 50s from cancer.”

About Georgie, he said “Georgie was very charming, by all accounts, but was considered something of a black sheep - sadly, we children were never allowed to meet him.”

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“Margaret was a wonderful character, who I knew well and adored. She wrote a beautiful book, in her eighties, called ‘A Spencer Childhood’. Lovely to see them all looking so happy together, when young,” Earl Charles Spencer concluded.