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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The Buckingham Palace strongly challenged the assertions of Charles Spencer, the brother of Princess Diana, that King Charles III would have told her that she would be forgotten "at an early stage" a few days after the death of her ex-wife in 1997.
Charles Spencer recounts in his next title a discussion with the current monarch after it was decided that William and Henry of England would participate in his mother’s funeral procession, in which he affirmed that the world would soon forget Lady Di
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 09: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Earl Charles Spencer attends the ICAP charity day at ICAP on December 9, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
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Buckingham Palace responds to claim about King Charles after Princess Diana's death
Buckingham Palace issues rare response to allegation involving King Charles after Diana's death.
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