King Charles has broken the Palace\u2019s usual silence over an explosive claim involving Princess Diana, after her brother alleged the future monarch made a cutting prediction about his former wife just days after her death.<\/p>\n
Nearly 30 years after Diana was killed in a Paris car crash at 36, Charles Spencer is revisiting the chaotic days surrounding his sister\u2019s death in a new memoir that promises to reveal what was happening behind palace doors as the world mourned.<\/p>\n
Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,\u201d set for release on Sept. 22, is the first time the 9th Earl Spencer has written at length about his sister, including the week between her death on Aug. 31, 1997, and her funeral at Westminster Abbey.<\/p>\n
Spencer, 62, said he decided to put his memories on paper with the 30th anniversary of\u00a0Diana\u2019s\u00a0death approaching, marking the first time he \u201chas spoken openly and at length about his sister.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe aim of this book is to tell the truth about Diana from her brother\u2019s perspective, just as I attempted to do when speaking at her funeral,\u201d Spencer said in a\u00a0press release. \u201cAs with my eulogy, I want to speak on Diana\u2019s behalf and do so in an openly positive way.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the transcript shared by the\u00a0BBC, Spencer\u2019s eulogy ended with words reminding the world that the \u201cextraordinary and irreplaceable Diana\u201d would \u201cnever be extinguished from our minds.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, those final words carry new weight as Spencer \u2013 a former correspondent with NBC News \u2013 reveals an explosive confrontation from the days after his sister\u2019s death \u2013 one that has now prompted an unusually sharp response from Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n
According to Spencer, tensions erupted over whether Diana\u2019s sons, Prince William, then 15, and Prince Harry, 12, should walk behind their mother\u2019s coffin during the funeral procession.<\/p>\n
Spencer claims he strongly opposed the idea, arguing that Diana would never have wanted her grieving children placed in such an intensely public position.<\/p>\n
The disagreement eventually led to a heated telephone call with then-Prince Charles, Spencer writes, during which the future King allegedly questioned the Spencer family\u2019s sense of duty.<\/p>\n
The decision has remained controversial for decades, although William and Harry have since stressed that it was made collectively by the\u00a0royal family.<\/p>\n
In the 2017 BBC documentary\u00a0Diana, 7 Days<\/em>, William said that \u201cit wasn\u2019t an easy decision, and it was a collective family decision to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was one of the hardest things I\u2019ve ever done\u2026There was that balance between duty and family and that\u2019s what we had to do,\u201d William said of what he described as the \u201clong and lonely walk.\u201d<\/p>\n Harry later revealed in his memoir \u201cSpare\u201d that \u201cseveral adults were aghast,\u201d and that his uncle had been among those fiercely opposed to the plan.<\/p>\n \u201cMummy\u2019s brother, Uncle Charles, raised hell. \u2018You can\u2019t make these boys walk behind their mother\u2019s coffin! It\u2019s barbaric,\u2019\u201d Harry wrote, per\u00a0People.<\/p>\n Spencer\u2019s new account now reveals what he claims happened during that battle.<\/p>\n He writes that Charles became increasingly angry during their phone conversation before suddenly falling silent.<\/p>\n \u201cPrince Charles continued his stream of anger, without me interrupting. Then he stopped,\u201d Spencer writes, according to an excerpt shared by the\u00a0Daily Mail.<\/p>\n \u201cI assumed the pause signaled an effort to bring himself under control, but then he unleashed down the phone what I have always taken to be his pent-up contempt for Diana, and his horror that the world was so bowled over by her death,\u201d Spencer shared of his alleged chat with Charles, who had divorced his sister the year before her death.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Rest assured,\u2019 he hissed, \u2018we\u2019ll forget her soon enough!\u2019\u201d Charles reportedly told Spencer, leaving him \u201cso stunned.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018I can\u2019t believe you just said that,\u2019 I said flatly, before hanging up,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n Buckingham Palace, which rarely responds directly to claims made in royal books, issued an unusually pointed statement within hours of the allegation becoming public.<\/p>\n 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 judgment and color memory in ways others do not recognize, even many years after such a loss,\u201d a Palace spokesperson said.<\/p>\n The carefully worded response stops short of simply saying the conversation never happened, instead challenging the reliability of Spencer\u2019s memory of it.<\/p>\n King Charles has broken the Palace\u2019s usual silence over an explosive claim involving Princess Diana, after her brother alleged the future monarch made a cutting prediction about his former wife just days after her death.<\/strong><\/p>\n Nearly 30 years after Diana was killed in a Paris car crash at 36, Charles Spencer is revisiting the chaotic days surrounding his sister\u2019s death in a new memoir that promises to reveal what was happening behind palace doors as the world mourned.<\/p>\n \u201cSwan Song: Diana, My Sister,\u201d set for release on Sept. 22, is the first time the 9th Earl Spencer has written at length about his sister, including the week between her death on Aug. 31, 1997, and her funeral at Westminster Abbey.<\/p>\n Spencer, 62, said he decided to put his memories on paper with the 30th anniversary of\u00a0Diana\u2019s\u00a0death approaching, marking the first time he \u201chas spoken openly and at length about his sister.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe aim of this book is to tell the truth about Diana from her brother\u2019s perspective, just as I attempted to do when speaking at her funeral,\u201d Spencer said in a\u00a0press release. \u201cAs with my eulogy, I want to speak on Diana\u2019s behalf and do so in an openly positive way.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the transcript shared by the\u00a0BBC, Spencer\u2019s eulogy ended with words reminding the world that the \u201cextraordinary and irreplaceable Diana\u201d would \u201cnever be extinguished from our minds.\u201d<\/p>\n Now, those final words carry new weight as Spencer \u2013 a former correspondent with NBC News \u2013 reveals an explosive confrontation from the days after his sister\u2019s death \u2013 one that has now prompted an unusually sharp response from Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n According to Spencer, tensions erupted over whether Diana\u2019s sons, Prince William, then 15, and Prince Harry, 12, should walk behind their mother\u2019s coffin during the funeral procession.<\/p>\n Spencer claims he strongly opposed the idea, arguing that Diana would never have wanted her grieving children placed in such an intensely public position.<\/p>\n The disagreement eventually led to a heated telephone call with then-Prince Charles, Spencer writes, during which the future King allegedly questioned the Spencer family\u2019s sense of duty.<\/p>\n The decision has remained controversial for decades, although William and Harry have since stressed that it was made collectively by the\u00a0royal family.<\/p>\n In the 2017 BBC documentary\u00a0Diana, 7 Days<\/em>, William said that \u201cit wasn\u2019t an easy decision, and it was a collective family decision to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was one of the hardest things I\u2019ve ever done\u2026There was that balance between duty and family and that\u2019s what we had to do,\u201d William said of what he described as the \u201clong and lonely walk.\u201d<\/p>\n Harry later revealed in his memoir \u201cSpare\u201d that \u201cseveral adults were aghast,\u201d and that his uncle had been among those fiercely opposed to the plan.<\/p>\n \u201cMummy\u2019s brother, Uncle Charles, raised hell. \u2018You can\u2019t make these boys walk behind their mother\u2019s coffin! It\u2019s barbaric,\u2019\u201d Harry wrote, per\u00a0People.<\/p>\n Spencer\u2019s new account now reveals what he claims happened during that battle.<\/p>\n He writes that Charles became increasingly angry during their phone conversation before suddenly falling silent.<\/p>\n \u201cPrince Charles continued his stream of anger, without me interrupting. Then he stopped,\u201d Spencer writes, according to an excerpt shared by the\u00a0Daily Mail.<\/p>\n \u201cI assumed the pause signaled an effort to bring himself under control, but then he unleashed down the phone what I have always taken to be his pent-up contempt for Diana, and his horror that the world was so bowled over by her death,\u201d Spencer shared of his alleged chat with Charles, who had divorced his sister the year before her death.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Rest assured,\u2019 he hissed, \u2018we\u2019ll forget her soon enough!\u2019\u201d Charles reportedly told Spencer, leaving him \u201cso stunned.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018I can\u2019t believe you just said that,\u2019 I said flatly, before hanging up,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n Buckingham Palace, which rarely responds directly to claims made in royal books, issued an unusually pointed statement within hours of the allegation becoming public.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile 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 judgment and color memory in ways others do not recognize, even many years after such a loss,\u201d a Palace spokesperson said.<\/p>\n The carefully worded response stops short of simply saying the conversation never happened, instead challenging the reliability of Spencer\u2019s memory of it.<\/p>\n Its tone has drawn comparisons with Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s famous response following Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, when allegations of racism within the Royal Family prompted the late Queen to declare that \u201crecollections may vary.\u201d<\/p>\n Royal correspondent India McTaggart believes there could be a reason the Palace chose not to let this allegation pass unanswered.<\/p>\n \u201cEarl Spencer\u2019s book is expected to contain a number of incendiary claims, and perhaps this was the palace trying to get on the front foot and get ahead of some of the allegations we expect to see,\u201d she told\u00a0NBC News.<\/p>\n \u201cThe palace will certainly be bracing for more headlines,\u201d McTaggart added.<\/p>\n What do you think of Charles Spencer\u2019s claims about the King and his alleged behavior in the days after Princess Diana\u2019s death? 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King Charles fires back<\/h2>\n
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\u201cPrince Charles continued his stream of anger, without me interrupting\u201d<\/h2>\n
King Charles fires back<\/h2>\n
Palace \u2018bracing for more headlines\u2019<\/h2>\n