Karen Spencer is having a ‘challenging time’ leaving Althorp amid her split from Earl Spencer – but a sneak peak of her new home suggests the Countess has landed on her feet

‘I’m too old for hearts and flowers stuff, but the best way to describe it is that with Cat, I can be myself,’ Earl Spencer told MailOnline. ‘She knows who I am. Who I really am. I don’t have to pretend to be something I am not. And she brings out the best in me.’ His previous relationships were perhaps more traditional high society affairs. First wife Victoria Lockwood was a Dior model and Tatler girl; his second bride was Caroline Freud; and Karen, of course, was a noted social…