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King Charles III faces allegations in new Princess Diana memoir
The upcoming memoir by Charles Spencer, titled ‘Swan Song: Diana, My Sister’, has reignited tensions between the Spencer family and the British Royal Family. Spencer alleges that in the days following Princess Diana’s death in 1997, the then-Prince Charles expressed significant irritation and contempt during a phone call regarding the participation of young Princes William and Harry in the funeral procession.
Spencer claims that during a heated discussion where he argued that Diana would not have wanted her children to endure such public scrutiny, Charles responded with the phrase, ‘Rest assured... we’ll forget her soon enough.’ The memoir also describes Charles as sounding ‘giddily elated’ or ‘like a lottery winner’ during their communications following the tragedy.
Buckingham Palace issued an unusual and firm response to these claims. While stating that they do not typically comment on books, a spokesperson noted that ‘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.’
In a separate development, reports indicate that several copies of the memoir were stolen from a truck in the Netherlands shortly before its scheduled release, prompting a police investigation.
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