Princess Diana’s former home targeted in suspected arson attack, her brother Earl Spencer claims
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Police investigate fire at Princess Diana’s childhood home
- A farmhouse on the Althorp Estate, the childhood home of Princess Diana, was targeted in a suspected arson attack.
- Earl Spencer, Princess Diana's brother, expressed his shock on social media, stating the farmhouse was “apparently burnt down by vandals”.
- Firefighters responded to the blaze at the Dallington Grange farmhouse on Mill Lane, Kingsthorpe, which started about 1.30am on Wednesday.
- Northamptonshire Police are investigating the incident to determine the cause of the fire, but it has not yet been officially classified as a crime.
- The targeted building, an unoccupied late 18th-century farmhouse, is located on the Althorp Estate, which houses the Grade I-listed stately home in which the late Princess of Wales grew up.