King Charles has reacted to Charles Spencer’s jaw-dropping allegation.
In his newly-released memoir about his elder sister, Princess Diana, titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, the 9th Earl Spencer opened up about an alleged phone call between him and the British monarch following the Princess’s death in 1997.
During the conversation, Charles, then-Prince of Wales, allegedly told Charles Spencer that Diana would be forgotten “soon enough.”
Breaking silence on the claim, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson told GB News on King Charles’s behalf, "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."
What did Charles Spencer claim in his book?
In his yet-to-be-released memoir Swan Song, Charles Spencer wrote, "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. 'Rest assured,' he hissed, 'we'll forget her soon enough!'"
Earl Spencer recalled a disagreement over whether the young Princes William and Harry, who were just 15 an 12 at the time, should walk behind their mother Diana’s coffin during her funeral.
Princess Diana’s brother claimed that he opposed the idea because he believed his sister would not have wanted her young songs to face such an intense public moment.
Earl Spencer then penned that King Charles "continued his stream of anger, without me interrupting" before falling silent, and then making that horrific statement that “we’ll forget her soon enough!”
The monarch’s shocking statement allegedly left Charles Spencer baffled for a moment.
"'I can't believe you just said that,' I said flatly, before hanging up,” he recalled.
Notably, Charles Spencer's tell-all memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, will be released on September 22.
