Lady Diana’s HRH title was reportedly offered back after her death, according to a new memoir by her brother Earl Spencer.
As reported by Dailymail, the late Queen Elizabeth reportedly offered to restore Princess Diana’s HRH title on the day of her funeral, according to a bombshell memoir by her brother Earl Spencer.
Spencer was told of the extraordinary offer by Robert Fellowes, the Queen’s private secretary and his brother-in-law, as they travelled by Royal Train to Diana’s private burial at Althorp.
He wrote in Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, the earl, 62, said Diana was “dreadfully hurt” by the “petty and vindictive” removal of her HRH title a year earlier and that despite the Queen's “well-meaning” gesture, he decided to reject the “consolation prize.”
'I felt that I knew in my bones how she would view this posthumous award,' he added.
Earl Spencer went on to reveal, “That's very kind of the Queen, of course. But what's the point, Robert? Now? I mean – Diana's dead.”
Diana lost her HRH title after her divorce in August 1996 and was instead styled Diana, Princess of Wales.
Describing the Queen's offer, Earl Spencer noted, “When we had gone some miles, Robert beckoned me to follow him into a quiet corner of the carriage. “
He continued, “I have just received a call from Her Majesty …and she would like to offer Diana her HRH title back. Mr Fellowes died in 2024.”
The earl later reconsidered his decision to reject the offer, suggesting that Diana “would have seen some point” in having HRH inscribed on her tombstone.
Earl Spencer’s explosive claim about King Charles
Notably, this revelation came after the book had sent shockwaves through the Royal Family, with Earl Spencer’s explosive claim that then-Prince Charles said, “Rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough,” just days after Diana’s death sparking a bitter war of words.
The Palace issued an unusual statement following the earl’s account of Charles’s alleged outburst, with royal aides casting doubt on his recollection and noting that grief can “cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory.”
