'Swan Song': New book by Princess Diana's brother drops
- On Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl Spencer, released his memoir 'Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,' alleging King Charles III behaved callously after Princess Diana's 1997 death, prompting a rare Buckingham Palace rebuttal.
- Spencer recounts a 1997 phone call where he claims the then-Prince Charles sounded "giddily elated" and remarked "we'll forget her soon enough" during a dispute over whether Princes William and Harry should walk behind their mother's coffin.
- Published by Penguin and translated into 12 languages, the memoir aims to set the record straight "as an eyewitness to history," though critics have questioned the timing and motives behind revisiting these decades-old tensions.
- Buckingham Palace stated "the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason," which Spencer dismissed as a "rather poor imitation" of the late Queen Elizabeth II's "recollections may vary" response, accusing the King of gaslighting him.
- This release arrives ahead of the 30th anniversary of Princess Diana's death in 1997, reopening long-standing wounds the royal family has sought to move past for nearly three decades.
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The author states that no one from the royal family was involved in the new book about Princess Diana
Earl Spencer Reveals Why Prince Harry Was Kept Out Of Diana Memoir
CBS Mornings – YouTube Earl Spencer is opening up about his memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister which generated plenty of headlines over its claims regarding King Charles III and the two young princes. Recently, he addressed whether Prince Harry was involved in the project. Read on for more details. Harry Kept Out? Speaking in an interview on CBS Mornings on YouTube, Charles Spencer clarified that Prince Harry had no part in creating or writing …
Charles Spencer wants to share the “true story” of his sister in his own swan song.
Ken Wharfe (78), Princess Diana's former bodyguard, backs her brother Charles Spencer (62). In his new book, *Swan Song: Diana, My Sister*, Spencer describes painful conversations with King Charles (77) after Diana's death in 1997. Buckingham Palace questions Spencer's recollections, but Wharfe believes him. "I don't see why he would make this up," he told Vanity Fair.
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