Princess Diana’s Family Offers Painting by Peter Paul Rubens in Sale at Christie’s

Sir Peter Paul Rubens painting 'A Commander being armed for Battle' at Christies in London. The painting from the Spencer Collections at Althorp, the ancestral home of Princess Diana's family, is estimated to fetch 8,000,000 pounds to 12,000,000 pounds ($11,921,988 to $17,882,983) when it comes up for sale on July 6. - AP Photo/Matt Dunham.

LONDON (REUTERS).- The family of Princess
Diana
will auction a painting by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens as part of a

clear-out sale valued at $30 million designed to ensure the financial
future of
the Althorp estate. Earl Spencer, Diana’s brother, is head of the
estate, and
plans to marry for a third time later this year, according to newspaper
reports.
Diana, who was married to heir-to-the-throne Prince
Charles,
was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997. The highlights of a
collection
including paintings, furniture, porcelain and horse-drawn carriages are
works by
Rubens and 17th century Italian master Il Guercino.

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