Spencer twins’ brave face at Cannes: Lady Kitty and Lady Amelia light up the red carpet days after ‘missing their estranged father’s fourth wedding in Arizona’

Princess Diana’s nieces Lady Amelia Spencer and Lady Eliza Spencer put on a brave face as they attended the Cannes Film Festival after ‘missing’ their estranged father’s wedding.

The socialite oozed glamor in sparkling dresses as she joined a host of famous stars at a screening of the whimsical First World War drama Coward on Thursday.

The high-profile trip comes after their father Earl Spencer, 62, married his partner, Norwegian archaeologist Professor Cat Jarman, 44, in a secret ceremony in Arizona earlier this month.

However, it is thought that Eliza and Amelia did not attend the low-key wedding due to speculation that there was a falling out between the Spencer sisters and the father of seven children.

Richard Eden of the Daily Mail claimed that after the Earl exchanged wedding vows with Cat, some of his own children were told about the marriage. ‘They found out through text,’ says a family friend.

Rumors of a family rift began in July 2021, after Charles skipped his eldest daughter Lady Kitty’s wedding in Italy to sell out to millionaire Michael Lewis and failed to post on his social media accounts about the landmark family event.

Instead, Lady Kitty, who is 32 years younger than her husband, was walked down the aisle by her brother Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp, and Samuel Aitken, whose father was businessman Jonathan Aitken.

Earl Spencer was also absent from Lady Amelia’s mountaintop wedding to lifestyle coach Greg Mallet in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in 2023.

It is unknown if any guests came to Arizona for Charles and Cat’s ceremony; Weddings take place accompanied by wide desert skies, red rocks and canyons, and only the bride and groom are seen in the published photos.

But 33-year-old twins Lady Amelia and Lady Eliza didn’t let their father’s elopement with his fourth wife deter them from their glittering plans and stepped out in Cannes in dazzling costumes last week.

Both models wore floor-length Zuhair Murad dresses while attending a screening of the Belgian film at the star-studded event in France.

Lady Amelia wore a £15,000 blush, semi-sheer, jewel-encrusted halter dress from the Lebanese fashion house’s autumn collection, while Lady Eliza opted for a black mermaid dress with a similar halter neckline and beaded embellished top.

Adding even more sparkle to her combination, Lady Amelia wore a pair of diamond earrings made by Armenian designer Sahag Arslanian.

She pulled her hair back from her face in a stylish bun. Her sister, Lady Eliza, who is engaged to businessman Channing Millerd, also wore a matching hairstyle.

Meanwhile, Charles Spencer quietly married Professor Jarman earlier this month; five years after he arrived at the historic Althorp Estate, pickaxe in hand, for an archaeological dig.

This is Earl Spencer’s fourth marriage. His acrimonious divorce from his third wife, Karen, was finalized in February. The wedding also took place just weeks after the conclusion of a bitter court fight between the two women.

Earl Spencer, 62, married his Norwegian archaeologist partner Professor Cat Jarman, 44, in a secret ceremony (pictured) in Arizona earlier this month.

High society socialites oozed glamor in sparkling dresses as they joined a host of famous stars at a screening of Coward on Thursday.

In an interview with the Daily Mail in November 2024, Earl Spencer admitted that Norwegian academic Cat was an unlikely future countess; Someone who was not ‘ostentatious’ and bewildered by aristocratic traditions had stolen her heart and set her on a different path of life.

‘Cat is completely different from anyone I’ve ever been with before,’ he said, adding that this new relationship made him determined to do things differently.

The wedding photos he shared with Cat seem to illustrate his point. All three of Earl Spencer’s previous marriages were traditional society events.

But although details are still scarce, it’s clear that this celebration is a million miles away from an aristocratic English wedding.

The ceremony took place against the backdrop of vast desert skies, red rocks and canyons, and their joy was underlined in a statement released by the couple.

‘We both feel incredibly lucky to have progressed from colleagues to friendship and deep love and connection.

‘Every stage of our relationship is fueled by laughter and we share a passion for life,’ they said.

The relationship between ‘The Toff and The Prof’ was quite scandalous when it was made public.

Amelia wore a £15,000 blush, semi-sheer, jewel-encrusted halter dress, while Eliza opted for a similar halter-neck black mermaid dress. Both dresses were from Lebanese fashion house Zuhair Murad.

The pair met in 2021 when Cat came with a camera crew to Althorp, the ancestral home of the Spencer family and where Princess Diana is buried. He was excavating a lost Roman village.

At first, she and Earl Spencer were just kindred spirits, bound by a shared love of history, they insisted.

Although he is an internationally recognized expert on the Viking age, he is also a historian and the author of nine books.

The idea of ​​any romance was implausible at first because Cat was 18 years younger than Earl Spencer. ‘I’m too old for hearts and flower things,’ he said.

The pair insisted they were both free once love blossomed, even though Karen made it clear she believed otherwise.

Cat’s marriage to her husband Tom had definitely been over for years, although they never divorced.

Around March 2024, they became more than just friends. Earl Spencer was extraordinarily candid about how Cat had changed his life even then.

‘I don’t pretend to be something I’m not with him. “He knows exactly who I am and who I am not,” he said. ‘It brings out the best in me.’