King Charles Issues Rare Reply to Charles Spencer Memoir Allegations
Buckingham Palace took the unusual step on Wednesday of issuing a statement through a spokesperson addressing criticism from Charles Spencer regarding the then-Prince Charles’s conduct after Princess Diana’s death in 1997. The royal household issued the response as excerpts from a forthcoming memoir bring renewed public scrutiny to the events surrounding the 36-year-old princess’s fatal crash.
Earl Spencer’s Forthcoming Memoir Alleges Cold Remark During Funeral Planning
*Swan Song: Diana, My Sister*, written by Charles Spencer, alleges that the now-monarch told him “rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough” during arrangements for Diana’s funeral, according to serialisation reports in the *Daily Mail*. In response to the claims, a royal spokesperson stated that grief can impact reason, judgment, and memory.
Diana was killed at the age of 36 alongside her companion Dodi Al-Fayed when their car crashed in Paris while speeding away from paparazzi photographers on motorbikes. The book, which Spencer says aims to tell the truth about Diana from her brother’s perspective, began serialisation on Thursday.
