Earl Spencer Marries Cat Jarman in Arizona for Fourth Time
earl spencer married Cat Jarman in a private ceremony in Arizona on Friday, marking his fourth marriage and closing a relationship that grew out of work, not a publicity circuit. He is 61; Jarman is 43 and a Norwegian archaeologist.
The pair had been together for two years and said in a joint statement on Tuesday, “We both feel so incredibly lucky to have progressed from being colleagues, to friendship, to deep love and connection. Each stage of our relationship has been underpinned by laughter and we share a passion for life.”
River Kings and The Rabbit Hole Detective
Their relationship began after Spencer was asked to review Jarman’s 2021 book River Kings, then moved into a podcast and archaeological digs. Since 2023, they have co-hosted The Rabbit Hole Detective with Richard Coles, and in February they marked their 100th episode.
That path gives the marriage a specific professional edge: this is not a one-off celebrity pairing, but a relationship built in public through shared work. For a public figure whose private life has already moved through three previous marriages, the Arizona ceremony is as much a personal reset as a family milestone.
June 2024 to Friday
Spencer split from Karen Spencer in June 2024, and the divorce was finalized two months before the article was published. He and Karen married in 2011. His previous marriages were to Victoria Aitken, from 1989 to 1997, and to Caroline Freud for six years.
That history means the new marriage lands after a fast-moving legal and personal transition, not years later. Jarman also brings her own family background to the union: she was previously married to Tom Jarman and is the mother of two sons.
Althorp Estate and Arizona
Spencer lives on the Althorp Estate in Northamptonshire, a detail that makes the Arizona wedding feel more like a deliberate private choice than a staged public event. The couple’s statement points to the part that seems to have mattered most to them: the move from colleagues to friendship to deep love, with laughter running through all of it.
For readers tracking Spencer’s personal life, the next meaningful detail is already clear: the marriage is done, the fourth chapter has begun, and the public record now shifts from divorce to a new household built around work, family, and a partnership that started with a book review.
