Charles said Diana would be forgotten 'soon enough', Earl Spencer claims in book
- Earl Charles Spencer's upcoming memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, alleges King Charles made disparaging comments during a phone call following Princess Diana's 1997 death. The book releases Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
- The heated exchange occurred after Spencer objected to the decision requiring Prince William and Prince Harry, then 15 and 12, to walk in their mother's funeral procession. Spencer insisted the young princes should not endure such a public ordeal.
- Spencer writes that King Charles unleashed his "pent-up contempt for Diana" during the call, allegedly hissing, "Rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough." Charles questioned the Spencer family's sense of duty.
- Buckingham Palace released a statement asserting: "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 judgement and colour memory."
- Earlier on Wednesday, four copies of the Dutch language edition were stolen from a truck in the Netherlands. The memoir arrives next Tuesday, coinciding with the upcoming 30th anniversary of Diana's passing next year.
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Princess Diana’s brother claims Charles said she would be forgotten ‘soon enough’ just days after her death
By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — The brother of the late Princess Diana, Charles Spencer, has claimed in his forthcoming memoir that King Charles told him days after her death that “we’ll forget her soon enough,” according to an extract published on Wednesday by the Daily Mail. Spencer claimed that Charles – then Prince
British King Charles has responded to an upcoming book by Charles Spencer, the brother of King Charles's first wife, Princess Diana. In his book, Spencer is critical of the British King's attitude in the days following Diana's death in 1997. Spencer claims in his book *Swan Song* that King Charles told him shortly after Diana's death: "Don't worry, we will forget her soon enough." The British tabloid Daily Mail published the excerpt earlier tod…
Princess Diana’s brother claims Charles said she would be forgotten ‘soon enough’ just days after her death
By Lauren Kent, CNN London (CNN) — The brother of the late Princess Diana, Charles Spencer, has claimed in his forthcoming memoir that King Charles told him days after her death that “we’ll forget her soon enough,” according to an extract published on Wednesday by the Daily Mail. Spencer claimed that Charles – then Prince
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After Swan Song: Diana, My Sister by Princess Diana’s brother Charles Spencer, alleged King Charles III spoke negatively of the princess after her 1997 death, he issued a rare statement.
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