Earl Spencer Claims Queen Elizabeth Offered to Restore Princess Diana's HRH Title After Her Death
Spencer says he rejected the posthumous offer, calling it a consolation prize, as the memoir is serialized by the Daily Mail.
- Earl Spencer claims in his new memoir *Swan Song: Diana, My Sister* that Queen Elizabeth offered to posthumously restore Princess Diana's 'Her Royal Highness' title, relayed by Private Secretary Robert Fellowes aboard the Royal Train in 1997.
- Spencer rejected the offer as a "consolation prize," writing that Diana was "dreadfully hurt" by the "petty and vindictive" removal of her HRH title following her August 1996 divorce from Prince Charles.
- On Wednesday, a spokesperson for King Charles issued a statement saying "the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason" and affect memory. The Palace declined further comment on Thursday regarding additional allegations.
- The memoir includes earlier claims that Charles sounded "giddily elated" like a "lottery winner" when informing Spencer of Diana's death, and details arguments over whether Princes William and Harry should walk in the funeral procession.
- Spencer's 1979 claim that Charles reacted with "pent-up contempt" during a phone call about Lord Mountbatten adds to a pattern of tension. The book publishes September 22, chronicling the complex relationship between the Spencer family and the monarchy.
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Queen Elizabeth wanted to restore Princess Diana’s royal title HRH, or ‘Her Royal Highness’, on the day of her funeral. This is claimed by Diana’s brother Charles Spencer (62) in his new memoirs, *Swan Song: Diana, My Sister*. Spencer turned down the offer. “Diana is dead. What is the point now?”
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