28-05-2025
Princess Diana's former home hit by ‘arson attack'
A farmhouse at Princess Diana's former home has been destroyed in an arson attack, the Earl Spencer has claimed.
Firefighters were called in the early hours of Wednesday to Althorp House to find the building 'fully on fire'.
Lord Spencer, the younger brother of Princess Diana, claimed that the fire had been started deliberately by vandals.
In a post on X, he said: 'Stunned to learn that one of Althorp House's farmhouses – fortunately, unoccupied at the time – was apparently burnt down by vandals last night.
'So very sad that anyone would think this a fun thing to do.'
Adey Greeno, the estate's long-standing head gamekeeper, added: 'The farmhouse that we lost to a deliberate act of vandalism last night has now had to be razed to the ground for safety reasons.
'So sad. The world we live in.'
A spokesman from the fire service said: '[We were] called at around 1.30am this morning (May 28) to reports of a fire on Mill Lane in Kingsthorpe.
'Crews arrived to find an unoccupied two-story property fully on fire.
'At the height of the fire, four crews from across the service wearing breathing apparatus used hose-reel jets to contain the blaze and prevent it from spreading further.
'This morning, one crew remains on the scene with a water bowser to continue dampening down any remaining hotspots.'
