Palace hits back after ‘Earl Spencer claims Charles said “we’ll forget Diana soon enough” just days after her death’

BUCKINGHAM Palace has hit back at reported claims made by Princess Diana’s brother that the King said “we’ll forget her soon enough” just days after her death. Earl Spencer’s “historic” memoir, titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, is set to lift the lid on her marriage to Charles, “untruths” and her tragic death. King Charles allegedly told Princess Diana’s brother, Earl Spencer, that ‘we’ll forget her soon enough’ Credit: PA:Press Association The remark is said to have come during a fiery exchange between the pair over Diana’s funeral arrangements Credit: PA Throughout their lives together, the siblings shared a close relationship, which they held up until Diana tragically died in a car crash in 1997. And Spencer’s new book allegedly reveals an explosive row he had with King Charles over her funeral arrangements just days later, reports the Daily Mail. Sign up for the Royals newsletter Thank you! According to the outlet, the extraordinary exchange culminated in Charles telling Spencer: “Rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough”. But a palace spokesperson hit back, saying: “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 colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss.” Earl Spencer (L) is reported to have been opposed to Prince William and Prince Harry taking part in the funeral procession Credit: PA King Charles is said to have made the remarks to Earl Spencer about Diana just days after her death Credit: Getty – Contributor The statement had echoes of the late Queen’s “recollections may vary” riposte to Harry, 42, and Meghan, 45, in 2021. Her unprecedented response came after the tell-all Oprah chat where the pair made incendiary claims a member of the family had raised concerns over the colour of Prince Archie’s skin. The latest allegation is likely to ignite fresh controversy for Buckingham Palace, just weeks after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned to the UK with their two children. The nation was left heartbroken after news broke that Diana had died in a car crash in the Pont de l’Alma road tunnel in Paris on August 31, 1997. Most read in Fabulous Her funeral was held six days later at Westminster Abbey and was shown on British television, attracting an audience of 32.1 million viewers. The funeral procession saw a distraught Prince William and Prince Harry – then aged 15 and 12 – walk behind their mother’s coffin alongside King Charles, Prince Philip and Earl Spencer. But beforehand, the Daily Mail reports Spencer, 62, fought against having the young princes take part, telling a royal aide: “That’s not going to happen”. It is then claimed Spencer received a phone call from Charles who argued he had attended the procession of his great uncle, Lord Mountbatten, in 1979. But when Spencer highlighted how Charles was 30-years-old at the time, an angry exchange ensued. “Prince Charles continued his stream of anger, without me interrupting. Then he stopped,” Spencer claims. “‘I assumed the pause signalled 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. “‘Rest assured,’ he hissed, ‘we’ll forget her soon enough!'” Spencer said he was left stunned before hanging up the phone. Earl Spencer delivered a touching eulogy that received rapturous applause from crowds both inside and outside of the abbey on the day of his sister’s funeral. He has vowed to give an “extraordinarily moving” account of his relationship with Diana that has never been told before with Swan Song set to be published next Tuesday. Referencing his infamous eulogy at her funeral at Westminster Abbey, he said he wanted to tell the “truth” about his older sister. Born Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, he is Princess Diana’s younger brother and Prince William and Prince Harry’s maternal uncle. He is the ninth Earl to inherit the Spencer title, which he did in 1992. The late Queen Elizabeth II was his godmother, and his parents were the Viscount and Viscountess Althorp. 3 comments3