KING CHARLES SAID ‘WE’LL FORGET DIANA SOON ENOUGH’ AFTER PRINCESS DIED, HER BROTHER REVEALS IN BOMBSHELL MEMOIR
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A fresh shockwave has struck the British royal family as an upcoming memoir by Charles Spencer—the 9th Earl Spencer and younger brother of the late Princess Diana—recounts a furious telephone confrontation between himself and then-Prince Charles shortly after Diana’s tragic death in 1997.
Titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, the book is scheduled for worldwide release on September 22. The first preview, published by the Daily Mail, exposes long-hidden tensions surrounding the arrangements for Diana’s historic state funeral.
A Heated Confrontation and a Chilling Remark
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The dispute erupted over whether Diana’s young sons—Prince William, then 15, and Prince Harry, then just 12—should walk behind their mother’s coffin through the streets of London before a global audience of millions.
After objecting to the plan upon hearing it from a royal aide, Spencer received a direct call from Prince Charles. According to Spencer, the exchange rapidly deteriorated:
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Unleashing Pent-Up Anger: “Prince Charles continued his stream of anger, without me interrupting. Then he stopped. I assumed the pause signaled an effort to bring himself under control, but 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.”
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The Alleged Statement: “‘Rest assured,’ he hissed, ‘we’ll forget her soon enough!’”
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A Stunned Rebuttal: Spencer writes that he was left completely speechless for several seconds before replying, “I can’t believe you just said that,” and hanging up the phone.
Buckingham Palace Response and the Princes’ Reflections
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Addressing the explosive allegations, a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace issued a measured statement:
“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 color memory in ways others do not recognize, even many years after such a loss.”
Regarding the procession itself, both Prince William (now 44) and Prince Harry (now 42) previously addressed the matter in the BBC’s 2017 documentary Diana, 7 Days, describing it as a collective family decision. William acknowledged at the time that “it wasn’t an easy decision.”
Spencer, however, has consistently maintained that forcing a young, vulnerable Harry to endure that harrowing public ordeal was an agonizing sight he had actively tried to prevent.
A Suspicious Pre-Release Heist in the Netherlands
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The high-stakes release of Swan Song: Diana, My Sister has also triggered an international security alert:
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The Break-In: A transport truck delivering early copies to a distribution warehouse in the Netherlands was broken into overnight while the driver was asleep. Curiously, the thieves made off with only four copies of Spencer’s book, leaving other inventory untouched.
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Under Police Investigation: Dutch authorities have launched an active inquiry into what publishing insiders describe as a “highly suspicious” theft, given the extraordinary non-disclosure protocols and tight security measures surrounding one of the most anticipated royal biographies of the decade.
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