Who is Samuel Aitken, Lady Kitty Spencer’s heartthrob brother? After walking her down the aisle at her wedding, he got noticed and landed a modelling gig …

Oct 22 , 2021

Lady Kitty Spencer’s brother, Samuel Aitken, walked her down the aisle at her wedding ... and then scored a modelling gig. Photos: @robinfryer, @samuelaitken_/Instagram

Following in his mum and sisters’ footsteps, Samuel Aitken signed with 20 Modelling Management, which has done campaigns for brands like Gucci and BMW

He grew up in Cape Town, South Africa with siblings Kitty, Amelia, Eliza and Louis – who are also Princess Diana’s nieces and nephews

After staying out of the public eye for 18 years, Samuel Aitken, Kitty Spencer’s half-brother, has suddenly been catapulted into the fame lane after he walked his sister down the aisle back in July.

Yes, all eyes were on the exquisite bride during her nuptials to billionaire Michael Lewis in Italy, but dashing Aitken also caught the eye of many. Since then, he has been signed to a modelling agency, is getting global media coverage and gained a massive fan following.

Here’s everything you need to know about the budding star …

The family tree

A recent family photo of all the Spencer siblings. Photo: @samuelaitken/Instagram

So where does the handsome 18-year-old fit into the family? Well, Kitty Spencer is the eldest child of Earl Charles Spencer and Victoria Aitken (previously Lockwood). Charles is the brother of the late Princess of Wales, Diana.

Charles and Victoria have four children together. After Kitty, there are two twin sisters, Lady Eliza and Lady Amelia. The three sisters have a younger brother, Louis Spencer, whose official title is Viscount Althorp.

Eliza posted a photo of all the Spencer siblings together. Photo: @elizavspencer/Instagram

Charles and Victoria divorced in 1997. Victoria then had a son with Jonathan Aitken, who she was married to between 2005 and 2009. That son is Samuel. According to Tatler, the siblings all grew up together in Cape Town. They always share images of each other on social media, supporting one another and showing love. In the lead-up to Kitty’s wedding in Italy earlier this year, Eliza shared a picture of herself with Samuel, which showed them visiting the Colosseum. Eliza also captioned a group photo of the siblings from 2015, “my world”.

His big wedding debut

Kitty Spencer posted this photo of her and her brother Samuel Aitken together. Photo: @kitty.spencer/Instagram

Samuel has kept much of his life away from the public eye, even making his social media pages private, reports Tatler. But when he walked his sister Kitty down the aisle at her extravagant Italian wedding to business tycoon Michael Lewis in July, his good looks were immediately noticed. In fact, just over two months later, it was announced he had signed his first contract with 20 Modelling Management.

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