The brother-in-law of Princess Diana died last year, and both Harry and William attended a memorial service in his honor
Robert Fellowes, the brother-in-law of the late Princess Diana, died in July 2024 at the age of 82, and his will stated that his wife — Baroness Fellowes, previously known as Lady Jane Spencer — would receive the bulk of his $2 million net worth, Hello! magazine reports. She would also inherit the income from his estate, but he requested that the income also support his wider family.
In the will, made in June 2012, he also left charitable donations to Tapping House Hospice, the Rhodes Trust, St. Mary’s Church and the Provost and Fellows of Eton College. Fellowes was a graduate of Eton College, where his nephews Prince William and Prince Harry also attended during their teen years.
Fellowes married Princess Diana’s elder sister in 1978. However, his ties to the royal family are also linked to his career — he began working for Queen Elizabeth in 1977, starting as an assistant private secretary before being promoted to deputy private secretary in 1986 and later private secretary in 1990.
Prince Harry, 40, and Prince William, 42, were both present at their uncle’s memorial service in August, with the Duke of Sussex traveling back to the U.K. from his California home to attend. However, the brothers reportedly avoided each other amid their ongoing rift, sitting separately at the event held at St. Mary’s Church in Norfolk.
“William and Harry were both there, but we never saw them speak to each other, and they were keeping their distance,” an attendee said, according to
