Prince Harry and Prince William’s Uncle’s Will Reveals Who Will Inherit His $2 Million Fortune
The brother-in-law of Princess Diana died last year, and both Harry and William attended a memorial service in his honor
The will and testament of Prince Harry and Prince William’s late uncle Lord Fellowes revealed who will inherit his fortune.
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.
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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.
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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 The Sun.
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Prince Harry recently lost a legal bid to reinstate his state-funded police protection, telling the BBC in a candid interview after the ruling that his security concerns prevent him and his family from visiting the U.K.
“The only time that I’ve come back to the U.K. is sadly for funerals or court cases, with the odd charitable function where I can in between that. I’ve put myself at risk for that, but I will continue on with a life of public service, so I will always support the charities and the people that mean so much to me,” the Duke of Sussex said.
“I can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point. And the things that they’re going to miss is, well, everything,” he continued. “I love my country. I always have done, despite what some people in that country have done. I miss the U.K., I miss parts of the U.K. Of course I do. And I think that it’s really quite sad that I won’t be able to show my children my homeland.”