EARL SPENCER TO MARRY FOR A THIRD TIME

EARL SPENCER, THE BROTHER OF DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES, IS TO MARRY FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE 45 YEAR OLD WILL MARRY LADY BIANCA ELIOT POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER. A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE COUPLE SAID: 'WE CAN CONFIRM THAT EARL SPENCER AND LADY ELIOT ARE INDEED ENGAGED AND THAT THEY ARE BOTH VERY HAPPY. THEY ARE POSSIBLY SETTING A DATE IN SEPTEMBER.' EARL SPENCER, WHOSE FAMILY SEAT IS LOCATED AT ALTHROP, NORTHHAMPTONSHIRE, AND LADY ELIOT HAVE BEEN DATING FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS. IT WILL BE THE EARL'S THIRD MARRIAGE. IN 1989 HE MARRIED VICTORIA LOCKWOOD BEFORE THEY SPLIT IN 1997. HE THEN MARRIED CAROLINE FREUD IN 2001 BEFORE THE MARRIAGE ENDED LAST YEAR. LADY ELIOT, A MOTHER OF THREE, WAS LEFT GRIEF-STRICKEN AFTER HER HUSBAND JAGO DIED IN 2006. HE WAS ONLY 40 WHEN HE SUFFERED AN EPILEPTIC FIT WHILE TAKING A BATH. JAGO ELIOT WAS HEIR TO EARL ST GERMANS. HIS 6,000 ACRE PORT ELIOT ESTATE IN CORNWALL WILL NOW BE INHERITED BY THEIR FIVE YEAR OLD SON, ALBIE. THE LITTLE BOY WILL ALSO INHERIT THE TITLE.