Buckingham Palace hits back over claims made in Earl Spencer book
The palace said grief can cloud memory after Earl Charles Spencer alleged King Charles dismissed Diana’s death and funeral concerns.
- Buckingham Palace issued a rare statement yesterday regarding Earl Charles Spencer's new memoir Swan Song, addressing allegations that King Charles told him "rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough" shortly after Princess Diana's 1997 death.
- The allegation stems from a 1997 dispute over funeral arrangements for Diana, where Spencer objected to Prince William and Prince Harry, then aged 15 and 12, walking behind their mother's coffin in the procession.
- Responding to the claim, a spokesperson said Charles is "mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason," suggesting such trauma can affect judgment and colour memory even many years after a loss.
- Although the monarchy rarely comments on books as a matter of principle, this intervention emphasizes the significance of the accusation, which Spencer claims corrects "untruths" told about his late sister since her fatal crash in Paris.
- The funeral procession, which also included Prince Philip, remains a subject of widespread public debate, with Spencer pledging in his eulogy that Diana's "blood family" would protect the young princes from duty and tradition.
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King Charles Makes Rare Statement Over Bombshell Memoir Claim He Told Diana’s Brother: “We’ll Forget Her Soon Enough”
King Charles has been dragged into a "war of words" with Charles Spencer, the younger brother of the late Princess Diana, over a claim in his book.
King Charles Finally Responds To Charles Spencer Claim About Princess Diana
Princess Diana’s death in August 1997 remains one of the most painful chapters in royal history, but a new claim from her brother has brought an explosive private conversation back into the spotlight. Charles Spencer says the now-King Charles made a startling remark about Diana being forgotten shortly after her death, prompting Buckingham Palace to […]
Buckingham Palace vehemently challenged the statements of Charles Spencer, Princess Diana's brother, according to which King Charles III would have told him, a few days after his ex-wife's death, that she would be forgotten "quite soon," transmits France Presse. "These accusations appear in a book by Charles Spencer that will be released on Tuesday, entitled ...
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