the second and only surviving son of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer and the Honourable Frances Burke Roche (later Frances Shand Kydd), daughter of the 4th Baron Fermoy. The youngest of his three older sisters was Diana, Princess of Wales; the other two are Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes.

He is one of many godchildren of Queen Elizabeth II, and was a Page of Honour from 1977 to 1979. His godfather was the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, and former politician, Sir Alexander Downer. On 1 November 2005, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Spencer,_9th_Earl_Spencer

http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=80716

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1881203/

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1881203/bio

http://www.royalist.info/execute/biog?person=916

http://www.thepeerage.com/p10089.htm#i100889