A male brothel at 19 Cleveland Street, London, was discovered to be employing telegraph boys as prostitutes for wealthy gentlemen. Lord Arthur Somerset was one of the most prominent clients.
But behind the oak-panelled doors of Althorp and his London residence, Spencer led a double life. Those who knew him described a man tormented by deep-seated insecurities, brutal mood swings, and a sexuality that the Establishment of his youth deemed illegal and immoral. Until the , homosexual acts between men in England and Wales were a criminal offense. For a man of the Earl’s generation, born into the Anglo-Catholic, conservative gentry, being gay or bisexual was not merely a sin—it was a betrayal of his class. A Very British Sex Scandal The Earl And The Esc...
: The Earl went missing in Cannes in November 2004 shortly after seeking a divorce to marry another woman Letterboxd A male brothel at 19 Cleveland Street, London,
The headline read like fiction: The Earl, the Rent Boy, and the Stolen Videotape. But for , it was a nightmare that tore his family apart, hastened his physical decline, and left a stain on the House of Spencer that even the fairy-tale wedding of his daughter, Lady Diana, could not fully erase. Those who knew him described a man tormented