By Jeff Keeling,Press Business Writer<\/p>\n
The late Princess Diana\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s younger brother Charles will visit a local furniture shop Sept. 8 to promote a line of furniture based on his ancestral home.<\/p>\n
Owner Carl Young of Youngdale Interiors, 214 E. Mountcastle Drive, said the private two-hour reception should allow around 300 people to meet Charles, 9th Earl Spencer, who introduced the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Althorp Living History Collection\u00e2\u20ac\u009d last year.
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\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re excited about his visit, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s for sure,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Young, who added that the 300-odd pieces available through the collection have sold well since the store started carrying them late last year.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to have as many of those pieces on the floor as we can, and certainly the premier pieces we think are going to be good sellers,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Young said.<\/p>\n
The visit comes as interest in Princess Diana surges, with today marking the 10th anniversary of her death.<\/p>\n
The 43-year-old Spencer decided to introduce the line of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153reproduction furnishings\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to help offset the costs associated with preserving and maintaining Althorp, which has been home to the Spencer family for 500 years. All proceeds from sales of the collection \u00e2\u20ac\u201d which is being produced in partnership with furniture maker Theodore Alexander \u00e2\u20ac\u201d go to helping maintain Althorp.<\/p>\n
The home outside Northampton is open to the public at certain dates and times each year. Charles Edward Maurice Spencer became the 9th Earl Spencer on the death of his father in 1992.<\/p>\n
Young said Spencer will be coming to Johnson City from an event in Jacksonville, Fla.<\/p>\n
He said he was unsure of how the Althorp line would go over in the Johnson City area when it debuted a couple years ago.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153As time went on, I saw these beautiful pieces coming out, and they were very cost-effective,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Young said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Not cheap, but not anywhere close to what people would think to look at it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Young, who opened the store in 1990 and runs it with his wife, Kathryn, said the response to the line has been one of the most exciting things he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s experienced in operating the store. He said the furniture and accessories have sold without advertising.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153People were buying, and not necessarily because they were out of the Althorp mansion but because of the beauty of the handmade pieces and that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re priced right.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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