- The 2009 Sunday Times List estimated his net worth at $149 million.
- Brother of Princess Diana, Lady Jane Fellowes and Sarah McCorquodale; uncle of Prince William of Wales and Prince Harry. With his nephews; King Charles III, Prince of Wales; and his nephew's grandfather, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Charles Spencer walked behind the horse-borne casket of Diana, Princess of Wales, and gave one of the eulogies at her televised 1997 funeral.
- Charles Spencer became 9th Earl Spencer upon the death of his father, Earl John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, in 1992.
- His seventh child (first with Karen Gordon), a girl, was born on July 30, 2012. The girl was named Lady Charlotte Diana Spencer, after his sister, Princess Diana.
- Step-grandson of Barbara Cartland.
- Second cousin of Guy Van Pelt. Their great-great grandfather was Franklin Work (1819-1911), American stockbroker and protégé of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
- Great-uncle of Prince George of Wales and Princess Charlotte of Wales.
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