'Swan Song': New book by Princess Diana's brother drops
Buckingham Palace said grief can cloud memory after Spencer accused King Charles III of making a cruel remark after Diana’s death.
- On Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl Spencer, released his memoir 'Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,' alleging King Charles III behaved callously after Princess Diana's 1997 death, prompting a rare Buckingham Palace rebuttal.
- Spencer recounts a 1997 phone call where he claims the then-Prince Charles sounded "giddily elated" and remarked "we'll forget her soon enough" during a dispute over whether Princes William and Harry should walk behind their mother's coffin.
- Published by Penguin and translated into 12 languages, the memoir aims to set the record straight "as an eyewitness to history," though critics have questioned the timing and motives behind revisiting these decades-old tensions.
- Buckingham Palace stated "the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason," which Spencer dismissed as a "rather poor imitation" of the late Queen Elizabeth II's "recollections may vary" response, accusing the King of gaslighting him.
- This release arrives ahead of the 30th anniversary of Princess Diana's death in 1997, reopening long-standing wounds the royal family has sought to move past for nearly three decades.
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