MEET THE ARISTOCRATIC TWINS WINNING OVER LONDON

Lady Amelia and Lady Eliza Spencer are taking the modelling world by storm — and they are just as adorable and down to earth as their legendary aunt, Princess Diana

- JULIA LLEWELLYN SMITH

Forget pregnant Rihanna or Alexander Skarsgård in thigh-hugging leather boots, the red-carpet moment of Cannes 2025 was the appearance of the Spencer twins: Lady Amelia and Lady Eliza: tall, platinum blonde and with the burnished aura that comes from being the offspring of an earl and top models - and the nieces of Princess Diana.

Flashbulbs exploded at the 32-year-old sisters on the steps of the Palais des Festivals, arms around each other's waists in matching strapless gowns — one black (Eliza), one white (Amelia) — from the Vera Wang X Pronovias collection. To top it all, there was even a bonus Spencer in the form of their sister Lady Kitty, 34, in purple sequinned Dolce & Gabbana.

"We'd been to Cannes before, Kitty hadn't, so we were giving her tips for walking the red carpet - turn to both sides, pose for 30 seconds, enjoy it!" says Amelia. "We're very lucky, these events can be overwhelming and quite intimidating at times, but having Eliza by my side is the ultimate safety net, and vice versa. We can always lean on each other."

Daughters of Charles, Earl Spencer and his first wife, model Victoria Lockwood, and from an aristocratic line riven with glamour and society scandals, the twins first caught the world's eye in 2011 at the wedding of their cousin Prince William: two adorable, demure blondes in statement fascinators in a Westminster Abbey pew.

I've been warned off questions about their royal cousins, although Prince Harry reportedly reached out recently to the Earl to ask about changing his family's surname to his mother's Spencer. They're a touch more forthcoming about their aunt Diana.