- 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, then Prince of Wales, and his nephews' grandfather Prince Philip, the 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.
- From 2023 to 2025 he co-presented a podcast, The Rabbit Hole Detectives, alongside Dr. Cat Jarman and Reverend Richard Coles.
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