The Royals had enough family drama at their hands when a past feud comes back to haunt King Charles with his former brother-in-law’s new book.
Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, has penned a deeply personal memoir for his late sister, who passed away in August 1997 at age 36 after a fatal car crash in Paris.
Prince Harry and Prince William’s uncle had vowed to reveal truth about events that took place around his sister’s death and what followed. Some fiery excerpts published by DailyMail has prompted a response from Buckingham Palace.
In the upcoming memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, the Earl Spencer recalled a heated discussion between him and then-Prince Charles about whether William and Harry, then 15 and 12, would walk behind their mother’s casket during the funeral procession.
“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 colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss,” a spokesperson from the Palace said on behalf of King Charles.
The excerpt was as follows:
“Prince Charles continued his stream of anger, without me interrupting. Then he stopped. I assumed the pause signalled 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,” Spencer alleged, according to the Daily Mail. “‘Rest assured,’ he hissed, ‘we’ll forget her soon enough!’”
Princess Diana’s troubled marriage with King Charles is no secret. Moreover, Diana’s family had friction with the royals, especially over the well-being of the young princes, who lost their mother.
It was predicted when the memoir was announced that it would put the monarch in a very unpredictable situation, since he values careful messaging. The statement from the Buckingham Palace could a sign that the feud is on, once again.
2026-09-17 10:08:00
