BREAKING NEWS: King Charles takes fiery aim at Charles Spencer after astonishing claims
King Charles faces EXPLOSIVE Diana bombshell as Earl Spencer’s scathing memoir reignites old feud
King Charles is facing a fresh royal storm as Princess Diana’s brother Earl Spencer reignites a bitter family feud with an explosive new account of the days surrounding her death.
Almost three decades after Diana’s tragic death, her younger brother has opened up about an extraordinary confrontation with the man who was then the Prince of Wales – and one alleged remark has now triggered an unusually pointed response from Buckingham Palace.
Charles Spencer has written a deeply personal memoir dedicated to his late sister, who died aged 36 following a fatal car crash in Paris in August 1997.
But Swan Song: Diana, My Sister is shaping up to be far more than a tribute.
The Earl has vowed to reveal his own memories of the devastating events surrounding Diana’s death and its aftermath, with fiery excerpts already published by the Daily Mail.
And one passage has put King Charles firmly back at the centre of the controversy.
‘We’ll forget her soon enough’
According to the excerpt reported by the Daily Mail, Spencer recalled a heated telephone conversation with then-Prince Charles concerning Diana’s funeral.
At the heart of their disagreement was the question of whether Prince William and Prince Harry – then just 15 and 12 – should walk behind their mother’s coffin during the funeral procession.
Spencer alleged that Charles became increasingly angry during the conversation.
The Earl claimed the then-Prince of Wales continued speaking angrily before suddenly stopping.
Spencer said he assumed the pause meant Charles was attempting to regain control.
But, according to the memoir excerpt, the conversation then took an extraordinary turn.
Spencer alleged that Charles unleashed what he interpreted as years of anger towards Diana and expressed disbelief at the enormous public reaction to her death.
Then came the alleged words that have now sent shockwaves through royal circles:
“Rest assured,” Charles allegedly said, “we’ll forget her soon enough!”
The claim is presented as Spencer’s recollection of a private conversation and has not been independently established.
Yet its publication has been enough to prompt Buckingham Palace to respond.
Buckingham Palace hits back
The Palace generally avoids commenting on the contents of books about members of the Royal Family.
But this time, officials issued a carefully worded statement on behalf of the King.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said:
“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.”
The statement does not directly confirm or deny Spencer’s account.
Instead, it points towards the profound effects of grief and the possibility that memories of traumatic events can be affected by the passage of time.
Nevertheless, the decision to respond at all has immediately intensified interest in the memoir.
A feud buried for decades?
Diana’s relationship with Charles was famously troubled, but the tensions extended beyond the breakdown of their marriage.
Her family also found itself deeply concerned about William and Harry following her death.
The two young princes were suddenly at the centre of an unprecedented national tragedy.
Their uncle Spencer became one of the most prominent members of Diana’s family during those extraordinary days.
At the funeral at Westminster Abbey, he delivered a powerful eulogy and spoke of his determination to protect his nephews.
Now, almost 30 years later, Spencer is returning to those memories – and offering his own version of what happened behind the scenes.
William and Harry’s childhood placed under the spotlight
The question of whether William and Harry should walk behind their mother’s coffin was one of the most emotionally charged decisions surrounding Diana’s funeral.
Both boys were children.
Yet they became part of one of the most watched funerals in modern history, walking behind the coffin in front of millions of mourners.
Spencer’s memoir reportedly revisits the anguish surrounding that decision and the arguments that took place away from the cameras.
His account could therefore provide a deeply personal perspective on what the young princes experienced following Diana’s death.
King Charles faces another Diana storm
The explosive memoir arrives at an especially sensitive moment for the Royal Family.
Charles is now King.
William is heir to the throne.
Harry has returned to Britain with Meghan Markle and their children, while his relationship with his father and brother remains under intense scrutiny.
Against that backdrop, renewed revelations about Diana are almost guaranteed to attract enormous attention.
For Charles, the Palace response suggests officials are keen to challenge the certainty with which memories from that traumatic period are now being presented.
For Spencer, however, the memoir represents his attempt to tell Diana’s story from the perspective of the brother who knew her personally.
The result is a dramatic collision between two versions of one devastating chapter in royal history.
And with Swan Song set to reveal more of Spencer’s memories, the question now hanging over the Palace is whether this is merely an old wound being reopened – or the beginning of a far more explosive confrontation over what really happened after Diana died.
