Suits star Meghan Markle and Princess Beatrice, who played one of the queen’s ladies-in-waiting in The Young Victoria, are no longer the only royals with IMDb pages. Princess Diana’s nephew Louis Spencer recently made his foray into onscreen acting, appearing in his first short film under a pseudonym.
Spencer is the eldest son of Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer. He grew up in South Africa with his mother, Victoria Aitken, after his parents divorced. His sisters, Lady Kitty, Lady Eliza, and Lady Amelia, are models and influencers. The four siblings share two half-siblings from their father’s second marriage to Caroline Freud, as well as a third half-sibling, Charlotte Diana Spencer, from their father’s third marriage to Karen Gordon. Spencer, also known as Viscount Althorp, will one day inherit the Althorp estate, where his aunt Diana is buried.
The 31-year-old viscount appears in Nicole Kent’s short Pinch & Ouch, which tells an all-too-familiar tale of manipulation and sexual abuse within the entertainment industry. Based on Kent’s personal experience in the industry, the 17-minute film stars Kent, who also wrote and directed, as Lil, a young actor who arrives in Los Angeles during the pandemic to learn the business from a legendary acting coach. Spencer plays Sam, who repeatedly warns Kent’s aspiring actor to be wary of her acting coach, who might have ulterior motives for taking Lil under his wing.
Spencer has had the acting bug for some time. After studying at the University of Edinburgh, he took an acting course at ArtsEd, a prestigious West London drama school that has also served as the training ground for stars like Julie Andrews, Simone Ashley, and Leo Woodall. Rather than cash in on his famous last name, Spencer chose to go by the stage name Louis Lyons. According to his IMDb page, Pinch & Ouch is Spencer’s first and only credit under the name Louis Lyons.
Kent reportedly told the Daily Mail that Spencer was “amazing to work with and a great actor.” She added: “It’s such an important film because it highlights the dangers many actors face—and reveals the warning signs to watch out for.”
