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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nPrincess Diana's brother Charles Spencer has married his archaeologist partner Professor Cat Jarman in a private ceremony held in Arizona last Friday, marking his fourth walk down the aisle.\n\nThe 62-year-old Earl wed the Norwegian academic just three months after his divorce from third wife Karen was officially concluded in February.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe nuptials also followed shortly after a legal dispute between Jarman and Karen Spencer was resolved.\n\nSpencer and Jarman first crossed paths five years ago when she arrived at the Spencer family's ancestral seat, Althorp Estate, to conduct an archaeological excavation.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nThe couple have nine children between them from their previous relationships.\n\nThe pair initially connected through their mutual fascination with the past. Jarman, an internationally recognised authority on the Viking era, had come to Althorp with a television crew searching for a lost Roman settlement.\n\nSpencer, himself a historian who has penned nine books, found an intellectual companion in the professor. Both have described their early bond as one between \"kindred souls\" united by what they called their \"nerdy\" passions.\n\nTheir friendship eventually led to a collaborative podcast project alongside Rev Richard Coles.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAt the time they met, Spencer was in the midst of writing his memoirs about the abuse he endured at boarding school, a process that prompted him to re-examine his personal relationships.\n\nHe has attributed the breakdown of his first two marriages to his difficult childhood experiences.\n\nThe Arizona wedding stood in stark contrast to Spencer's three previous marriages, which were traditional society affairs laden with formal etiquette and elaborate seating arrangements.\n\nThis time, the couple chose an elopement against a dramatic backdrop of desert landscapes, red rock formations and expansive canyon views.\n\nAmong the wedding photographs shared by the newlyweds was a selfie captured by Jarman herself.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIn a joint statement, the couple expressed their happiness: \"We both feel so incredibly lucky to have progressed from being colleagues, to friendship, to deep love and connection. Each stage of our relationship has been underpinned by laughter and we share a passion for life.\"\n\nJarman has spoken candidly about adapting to her unexpected new world at Althorp. Having taken up horse riding for the first time and acquired pet alpacas, she described herself as \"a normal person plonked in an abnormal world.\"\n\nThe Norwegian-born academic noted that her home country lacks a comparable aristocratic tradition, adding that even the Norwegian royal family attracts little public interest.\n\nWhen previously asked about becoming a countess, Jarman expressed preference for her hard-earned academic titles of PhD and professor.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Earl Spencer marries Cat Jarman at secret ceremony abroad just months after divorce from ex-wife"
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