Countess reveals all about blind date . . .

EARL Spencer’s wife, Karen, admits it wasn’t love at first sight when she met Princess Diana’s brother on a blind date while he was visiting Los Angeles.

‘it wasn’t instant,’ says Countess Spencer, 48, who is Canadian.

‘it took a minute. i mean, obviously, he’s very handsome, interesting and charming, but i was a jaded 38-yearold by the time i met Charles.’

Karen had been married once before while Charles Spencer, 57, had been divorced twice. Speaking on the Duchess podcast, Lady Spencer adds: ‘i knew he was Princess Diana’s brother and i had a vague recollection of his speech [at her funeral]. ‘But i didn’t actually follow any of the Royal Family and didn’t know anything, so i didn’t know he had other sisters, and didn’t know much of anything.’ Presumably, her first glimpse of his ancestral home — Althorp — and its 550 acres helped overcome any doubts?