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Charles said Diana would be forgotten 'soon enough', Earl Spencer claims in book

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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