Madonna tried to use Princess Diana’s childhood home for wedding to Guy Ritchie

Madonna called up Diana’s brother asking to use Althorp House (Image: Getty) Althorp House, the childhood residence of Charles Spencer and his late sister Princess Diana, caught the attention of Madonna as a possible wedding venue back in the early 2000s. Charles has since recalled a “surreal” exchange with the chart-topping singer. Nestled in West Northamptonshire, England, the Althorp estate encompasses 550 acres of land and boasts a jaw-dropping 90 rooms, each furnished with exquisite interiors, catching the eye of Madonna for a potential wedding venue. During the early 2000s, when the Material Girl singer, now 64, joined in matrimony with film director Guy Ritchie, 54, reports surfaced that the singer had been in contact with Spencer regarding the possibility of using the historic estate for the couple’s wedding. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to Daily Express US . Speaking on The Rabbit Hole Detectives podcast that he, Charles said he was cooking at home one day when “the phone went and this voice said, ‘Hello, it’s Madonna here’. “I thought, ‘Well, who on earth is this?’, It’s too ridiculous,” he recalled. Earl Spencer outside Althorp House (Image: Getty) Madonna, Guy Ritchie, and family (Image: Getty) The 9th Earl continued the interview, explaining: “I realized it was, and she said she wanted to get married… and use my house for the wedding. “We had this rather surreal conversation where I was just thinking, ‘This is beyond belief.'” “She then didn’t have the wedding with me, but at least we had that moment.” In place of Althorp House, Madonna and Ritchie choose the Skibo Castle located in the Scottish Highlands for their lavish celebration, estimated to have cost the couple over $1.5million. Madonna and Ritchie days before wedding (Image: Getty) The pop diva glided down the aisle draped in a $170,000 Stella McCartney bridal gown, with actress Gwyneth Paltrow serving as her maid of honor. Madonna and Ritchie parted ways in 2008. Their relationship had formed in 1999 through mutual acquaintances Sting and Trudie Styler, leading to the birth of their son Rocco. The Althorp House now serves as a public wedding venue, offering couples the opportunity to exchange vows in one of the five State Rooms: the Picture Gallery, the State Dining Room, the Great Room, the Saloon, or the Marlborough Room.