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Earl Spencer Insists He's Telling 'Truth' over King Allegations
Earl Spencer says he told friends and family about the alleged remarks immediately and calls the palace response a question of anger or embarrassment.
- Buckingham Palace issued a rare direct response on Wednesday to memoir claims that King Charles, then Prince of Wales, allegedly said "we'll forget her soon enough" regarding Princess Diana during funeral arrangements.
- The dispute centers on whether Princes William and Harry, then aged 15 and 12, should walk behind their mother's coffin during the 1997 funeral procession; Earl Spencer claims he objected to the decision.
- In a BBC interview, Earl Spencer insisted he was "hyper-alert" during the call and that "those are precisely the words he said," telling the broadcaster he had only ever spoken twice with Prince Charles in his life.
- Palace spokesman stated "the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory," echoing Queen Elizabeth II's 2021 "recollections may vary" response to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
- The full BBC interview with Laura Kuenssberg airs Sunday at 6:30pm on BBC One; the memoir Swan Song: Diana, My Sister publishes next Tuesday, with the 30th anniversary of Diana's death approaching in August.
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The Herald Scotland
The Herald ScotlandEarl Spencer insists he is telling the ‘truth’ over King allegations
Charles Spencer has made a series of damning claims about the King.
·London, United Kingdom
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The Independent (US)
The Independent (US)Earl Spencer insists ‘I am telling the truth’ over explosive Diana book
Earl says his memoir has been written to correct ‘untruths’ told about his older sister
·London, United Kingdom
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Earl Spencer insists he's telling 'truth' over King allegations
Earl Spencer has insisted he is 'telling the truth' over the explosive allegation that King Charles said 'we’ll forget her soon enough' following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Charles Spencer has made a series of damning claims about the King in a new memoir chronicling his sister Diana that prompted an 'unprecedented' response from Buckingham Palace who said 'the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason.' But in an extract of an interv…
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