But he certainly watched it closely.
The Spencer family, of course, has always had close ties to Buckingham Palace.
Charles Spencer’s and Princess Diana’s father, Viscount Althorp, famously served Queen Elizabeth’s father.

Then there’s the fact that Queen Elizabeth is Charles Spencer’s godchild.
“It was a very good godmotherly trick,” Spencer reflected.
After, he tweeted a five-word description of the ceremony.

During the ceremony, over 20 years ago, pundits gasped at the earl’s rage.