Buckingham Palace responds to claims made in new Earl Spencer memoir

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17 Sep 2026 • 3:35 PM MYT
The Independent
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Buckingham Palace responds to claims made in new Earl Spencer memoir

  • Earl Spencer claims in a new memoir that King Charles said "we'll forget her soon enough" days after Princess Diana's death in 1997.
  • The remark was allegedly made during a heated phone argument over whether Prince William and Prince Harry should walk in the funeral procession.
  • A Buckingham Palace spokesperson responded that His Majesty is mindful that fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment, and colour memory.
  • The book, titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, is set to be serialised in the Daily Mail and contains further claims regarding Diana's marriage and death.
  • Reports indicate that copies of Charles Spencer's forthcoming memoir were stolen from a lorry ahead of its publication.

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