Charles said Diana would be forgotten 'soon enough', Earl Spencer claims in book
Buckingham Palace said grief can cloud judgment after Earl Spencer alleged Charles dismissed Diana’s memory in a heated funeral dispute.
- Earl Charles Spencer's upcoming memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, alleges King Charles made disparaging comments during a phone call following Princess Diana's 1997 death. The book releases Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
- The heated exchange occurred after Spencer objected to the decision requiring Prince William and Prince Harry, then 15 and 12, to walk in their mother's funeral procession. Spencer insisted the young princes should not endure such a public ordeal.
- Spencer writes that King Charles unleashed his "pent-up contempt for Diana" during the call, allegedly hissing, "Rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough." Charles questioned the Spencer family's sense of duty.
- Buckingham Palace released a statement asserting: "While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgement and colour memory."
- Earlier on Wednesday, four copies of the Dutch language edition were stolen from a truck in the Netherlands. The memoir arrives next Tuesday, coinciding with the upcoming 30th anniversary of Diana's passing next year.
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Princess Diana's brother revealed the details of a hot phone call with King Charles III.
In rare move, King Charles responds to criticism from Princess Diana’s brother
Britain’s King Charles took the unusual step on Wednesday of responding to criticism by the brother of his late first wife Diana, saying via a spokesman that grief could impact reason, judgment and memory. The assertions, made in a soon-to-be published book, relate to the now-monarch’s conduct in the days after Diana’s death in 1997. Diana was killed at the age of 36 when the car carrying her and her lover Dodi Fayed crashed in Paris as it s…
King Charles III declared, through the Buckingham Palace, after Count Spencer, brother of Princess Diana, to report in new book that the monarch would have said, "We will soon forget her in a conversation days after the princess' death." The book 'Swan Song: Diana, my sister' has global publication scheduled for September 22.
King Charles responds to Charles Spencer's claims about Princess Diana in a rare statement
King Charles responded to Charles Spencer's memoir claims about Princess Diana's death in a rare palace statement addressing the royal family funeral procession dispute.
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