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King Charles responds to criticism from Princess Diana’s brother in rare move

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King Charles responded through his spokesman to criticism from Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, who claims in an upcoming memoir that the prince said, "we'll forget her soon enough" after Diana's death in 1997. This rare public response acknowledges how grief can affect judgment and memory. The incident occurred following the fatal car crash in Paris where Diana died at age 36 while being pursued by paparazzi.

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Diana was killed at the age of 36 when the car carrying her and her lover Dodi Fayed crashed in Paris as it sped away from chasing paparazzi photographers on motorbikes.

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🔮 Britain’s King Charles took the unusual step on Wednesday of responding to criticism by the brother of his late first wife Diana, saying via a spokesman that grief could impact reason, judgment and memory.

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King Charles responds to criticism from Princess Diana’s brother in rare move · mixed framing

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King Charles responds to criticism from Princess Diana’s brother in rare move asserted

Charles → respond → move

Charles Spencer says the royal told him ‘we’ll forget her soon enough’ after his sister died in a Paris car crash asserted

sister → say → crash

Britain’s King Charles took the unusual step on Wednesday of responding to criticism by the brother of his late first wife Diana, saying via a spokesman that grief could impact reason, judgment and memory. uncertain

grief → take → reason

The assertions, made in a soon-to-be published book, relate to the now-monarch’s conduct in the days after Diana’s death in 1997. asserted

assertions → make → 1997

Diana was killed at the age of 36 when the car carrying her and her lover Dodi Fayed crashed in Paris as it sped away from chasing paparazzi photographers on motorbikes. asserted

it → kill → motorbikes

Her brother, Charles Spencer, alleges in a soon-to-be-published memoir that the then Prince Charles told him “rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough”, according to a report in the Daily Mail, which begins serialising the book on Thursday. uncertain

which → allege → Thursday