**CLAIM:** a Viral Post Circulating on Facebook and X Claims That Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, Has Secretly Married Cat Jarman, a Norwegian-British Archaeologist, in a Private Ceremony at Althorp. the Post Alleges the Couple Met During the Filming of a *Time Team* Special on the Spencer Family’s History and Tied the Knot "Within Weeks" of Charles’s Divorce From Karen Spencer Being Finalized.

CLAIM: A viral post circulating on Facebook and X claims that Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, has secretly married Cat Jarman, a Norwegian-British archaeologist, in a private ceremony at Althorp. The post alleges the couple met during the filming of a Time Team special on the Spencer family’s history and tied the knot “within weeks” of Charles’s divorce from Karen Spencer being finalized.

VERDICT: FALSE / MISLEADING

• Real: Charles Spencer and Dr. Cat Jarman were romantically linked in early 2023. Spencer confirmed their relationship publicly, and Jarman has been photographed at Althorp and with the Spencer family, including at the wedding of Charles’s daughter, Lady Kitty Spencer.
• Real: Cat Jarman is an archaeologist and author, known for her work on the Viking Age and as a frequent expert on Time Team and Digging for Britain. She is not a member of the Spencer household staff, as some earlier false rumors claimed.
• Fake: There is no evidence of a wedding. No marriage certificate has been filed with the UK registry, no announcement has been made by the Spencer family office, and no photographs of a ceremony exist. Charles Spencer’s divorce from Karen Spencer (his third wife) was finalized in June 2024. If a wedding had occurred “within weeks,” it would have been public record by now.
• Fake: The claim that they married “at Althorp” is unconfirmed. While Charles lives at the estate, the property is a private home and a major tourist attraction; a sudden secret wedding would have been reported by local press or staff.

BOTTOM LINE: Dr. Cat Jarman is Charles Spencer’s partner, but they are not married. The “secret wedding” story appears to be a confected rumor, possibly conflating Charles