Royal fans gush over Charles Spencer’s resemblance to a young Prince Harry

Royal fans have gone wild over Charles Spencer’s resemblance to a young Prince Harry, after the Earl shared a childhood sketch of himself to Instagram.

The late Princess Diana’s younger brother, 57, took to his Instagram to share a picture of their childhood home Althorp House, revealing a picture of himself as a boy in the grand library.

The 9th Earl Spencer, is heir to the 90-room property in Northamptonshire, where he lives with his third wife, Karen, and their seven-year-old daughter Lady Charlotte Diana Spencer. 

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The sketch shows a young red-haired boy with delicate features much like those of his nephew Prince Harry, 37, seen above in 1990, aged six

Taking to Instagram this week, the Earl shared a glimpse inside his home, writing: ‘In a quiet corner of the Library at @althorphouse – above a childhood pastel of me, in fact – I’ve just placed leather-bound copies of the eight books I’ve written so far (another is on its way). 

‘I don’t expect future generations to read them, but hopefully their handsome spines will blend in gently, in this most beautiful of rooms.’

The sketch shows a young red-haired boy with delicate features much like those of his nephew Prince Harry, 37.

Remarking on the resemblance, one follower wrote: ‘I see princes George and Harry this photo’, while another added: ‘Harry is the spitting image.’ 

Remarking on the resemblance, one follower wrote: ‘I see princes George and Harry this photo’, while another added: ‘Harry is the spitting image.’

Another agreed, writing: ‘What a lovely room. I actually thought that was a young picture of Prince Harry’, and one wrote: ‘You and Harry are twins!’.

‘I see princes George and Harry in this photo’, one said and another added:  The pastel of you also looks like Prince Harry’.

Earl posts on Instagram and Twitter – where he boasts a combined 21,800 followers – show how he has been passing the time with early morning strolls.

While the house itself offers plenty of room to roam around, the family also has 550 acres of land to explore.

Earl Spencer inherited the family seat in Northamptonshire on the death of his father in 1992.

Earl Spencer inherited the family seat in Northamptonshire on the death of his father in 1992

The late Princess Diana is seen with sons Prince William, then 10, and Prince Harry, then eight, in 1992 in Wales

Prince Charles is seen with Prince Harry, aged one, in Kensington Palace

Charles, 57, lives at the 90-room property Althorp House, with his third wife, Karen, and their seven-year-old daughter Lady Charlotte Diana Spencer

Althorp boasts 500 years worth of art and family relics and is the final resting place of Princess Diana.

Earl Spencer has previously said that the 20,000 annual visitors to the estate can be divided into two distinct groups – those who are interested in looking at the house, and others who come to pay their respects to his late sister.

The aristocrat made headlines when he revealed he is likely to follow the practice of male primogeniture, a custom in which titles, as well as stately homes, are inherited by the eldest son.

It means Althorp will likely be passed on to drama student Viscount Louis Spencer, 25, rather than to any of his three older daughters.

Earl Spencer also has four children with his first wife, Lady Kitty Spencer, Lady Eliza Spencer, Lady Amelia Spencer, Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp, and two children with his second wife, Edmund Spencer and Lady Lara Spencer.

London circa late 1980s. Charles Althorp (Earl Spencer) at Mirabelles Restaurant Mayfair

1968: Lady Diana Spencer (1961 – 1997) (Diana Princess of Wales) with her brother Charles, Viscount Althorp, (Earl Spencer) at their home in Berkshire.