Lady Diana: Spencer’s Memoir on Diana Reignites Royal Controversy
Serialized excerpts accuse the King of coldness after Diana’s death and have triggered a public war of words with Buckingham Palace.
- Earl Spencer released his memoir Swan Song today, detailing controversial claims about King Charles that have sparked a war of words with Buckingham Palace.
- Among the claims, Spencer alleges King Charles said "we'll forget her soon enough" following Princess Diana's death in Paris, triggering the Palace dispute.
- In a phone call shortly after the crash, Spencer wrote, Prince Charles sounded "giddily elated," appearing to prioritize how Diana's death "might free him to marry the woman he loved."
- Reports suggest Prince Harry may release a Diana documentary as the memoir generates global headlines; sources indicate Spencer plans additional interviews and opportunities beyond the book.
- Regardless of controversy, Spencer has admitted he "waited a lifetime for this kind of spotlight" and is not rushing to surrender the attention, even as the book is already half price.
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Charles Spencer attacks the Royal Family in a book about Diana and accuses Charles III of scorning his sister after her death
Lady Diana: Spencer’s memoir on Diana reignites royal controversy
Prince Charles married with Lady Diana in 1981. The couple divorced in 1996 and a decade later Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles, now Queen Camilla. Spencer has long clashed with the royals over their treatment of his older sister.
In “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,” Charles Spencer claims that the monarch seemed “euphoric” after the death of the princess; Buckingham Palace responded with an unusual statement
Princess Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, settles his accounts with the British royal family, especially with King Charles III, in a book released Tuesday, which has been making titles for several days, almost 30 years after the death of "Lady Di".
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