Earl Spencer's concern over the heir to the Althorp estate Myner's reason to celebrate The state of the nation's finances can scarcely have given much comfort to Lord Myners, Gordon Brown's City minister while he was in Downing Street. He has, however, reason to smile now that his daughter Charlotte is engaged. The 29-year-old PR girl is to marry Adolfo Octavius Autrey da Costa V, a businessman of Mexican and Brazilian descent. Myners, who stepped down as chairman of investment group Gartmore in 2001 to spend more time with his family, tells me his excitement at the news. "I am absolutely delighted, of course, and could not be happier for them," Myners says. He's a charming and wonderful young man who has my complete approval. The wedding will, however, have to wait for now. We're all excited about the wedding but it won't be till 2014 so there will be plenty of time to plan. The groom's family are from illustrious stock. In the Seventies the family business, Casa Autrey, was Mexico's biggest drug wholesaler, distributing more than 16,000 products. The company was, however, sold in 2000 and became Grupo Casa Saba. Meanwhile, while Myners tells me no venue has yet been decided on for the wedding, celebration drinks are unlikely to be at the Garrick club: Myners's attempt to become a member of the august establishment proved unsuccessful despite being proposed by Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian, who had worked with him when he was the chairman of the newspaper's parent company.