Lady Amelia Spencer and Lady Eliza Spencer returned to Cannes on Thursday evening, joining the procession to the Palais des Festivals for the 2026 Cannes Film Festival as their names again landed on one of the festival’s most watched red carpets. The 33-year-old twins, nieces of Princess Diana and first cousins of Prince William and Prince Harry, were there for the screening of Coward in competition.
Coward is a romantic drama directed by Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont and stars Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne. The Spencer sisters have now appeared at Cannes for the third time, a run that has made their festival arrivals a familiar part of the event’s social calendar.
Amelia wore a nude gown from Zuhair Murad’s Fall 2026 collection, with sequins and pearls arranged in a geometric pattern. Eliza chose a black mermaid gown from the same collection, with a lace bodice embroidered with pearls. Both completed their looks with Sahag Arslanian jewelry, while their hair was swept into matching low buns, coiled in exactly the same way. Their blue eyes were darkly lined and their lips finished in a rosy shade.
Their return also fit a pattern. Last year, the twins appeared on the Cannes red carpet in coordinated strapless gowns from Vera Wang for Pronovias, while their eldest sister, Lady Kitty Spencer, wore an electric purple gown on the same evening. Amelia and Eliza, who are socialites in the UK and work as models, have used the festival to keep a steady public profile as adults rather than as children of one of Britain’s most famous families.
That family link still frames every appearance they make. The sisters are the daughters of Charles Spencer and Victoria Lockwood, and Charles is Diana Spencer’s younger brother. Last week, Charles Spencer married his fourth wife, archaeologist Cat Jarman, in Arizona, adding another fresh chapter to a family that keeps finding itself back in the news. Amelia married sports coach Greg Mallett in March 2023 in South Africa, and Eliza accepted a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Channing Millerd last July.
For Cannes, the significance is straightforward: the Spencer twins are no longer a novelty, but a recurring presence. Their third appearance confirms that the festival’s pageantry remains one of the few stages where their private lives, fashion choices and royal lineage converge in public view.
