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Royals set to carry out engagements after book claims

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William, H. (2026, September 17). Royals set to carry out engagements after book claims. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/earl-spencer-prince-charles-diana-harry-princess-b1297277.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-09-17 · by Helen William

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The Royal Family is set to proceed with official engagements after a book claims Prince Charles expressed anger towards his brother, the Earl of Ulster, regarding Diana’s funeral arrangements. On Thursday, Prince Charles will meet AI developers in Scotland to discuss artificial intelligence's role in serving humanity and nature. Meanwhile, William and Kate are scheduled for their first visit to the Isle of Bute, where they will also visit Rothesay. The Duke of Sussex is expected to make a public appearance following his return from the US, while other royals have engagements planned in Zambia and Staffordshire.
Written by AI on 2026-09-17, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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In September 2026, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan moved their children, Prince Archie (aged seven) and Princess Lilibet (five), to a new school in Britain after just two days due to security concerns. The couple's spokesperson cited heavy traffic between their home and the original school as the reason for the move. This decision came shortly after Harry and Meghan returned to Britain from California, where they had lived for six years. Additionally, the family's publicly-funded security is currently being reviewed by a government committee known as Ravec (the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures).

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Anthropic Nvidia Rothesay Scotland Zambia

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Charles PERSON · 3× Diana PERSON · 3× Harry PERSON · 3× William PERSON · 3× Rothesay GPE · 2× Scotland GPE · 2× Zambia GPE · 2× Anthropic ORG · 1× Nvidia ORG · 1× OpenAI ORG · 1×

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A palace spokesman said: “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.”
framing: assertive · carried by 6 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-17
🔮 On Thursday, senior royals are set to be seen in public carrying out official engagements after the palace took the rare step of responding to the allegations in the upcoming book.
2026-09-17 · Evening Standard
Royals set to carry out engagements after book claims · assertive framing
2026-09-17 · Evening Standard
Royals set to carry out engagements after book claims · assertive framing
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Royals set to carry out engagements after book claims · assertive framing
2026-09-18 · Evening Standard
Harry attends first public engagement since returning to the UK · assertive framing
2026-09-18 · Evening Standard
Harry attends first public engagement since returning to the UK · assertive framing

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A palace spokesman said: “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.” asserted
others → say → loss
On Thursday, senior royals are set to be seen in public carrying out official engagements after the palace took the rare step of responding to the allegations in the upcoming book. asserted
palace → set → book
Charles will address bosses from some of the world’s leading AI developers – Nvidia, Anthropic and OpenAI – about the future of artificial intelligence. asserted
Charles → address → intelligence
He is expected to tell a summit at Dumfries House in Scotland that the new technology should be in the “service of humanity, community and the natural world”. asserted
technology → expect → humanity
Diana’s son William and his wife Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales who also hold the titles of the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay in Scotland, are set to make their first official visit to Isle of Bute. asserted
who → hold → Bute
The day is to include visiting their namesake town of Rothesay and follows their visits to the Isles of Mull and Iona last year. asserted
day → include → Mull
The Duke of Sussex is also expected to make his first public appearance since returning to the UK. asserted
Duke → expect → UK
Harry and Meghan, who returned to England from the US last month, were forced to move their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, to a new school after talks with their security team. asserted
who → return → team
The Duchess of Edinburgh’s visit to Zambia, to try to celebrate the relationship between Zambia and the UK, is among other royal engagements. asserted
visit → try → engagements
Meanwhile, the Princess Royal will attend the opening of a new History Centre at the German Military Cemetery in Staffordshire. asserted
Royal → attend → Staffordshire
In the book – Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, serialised in the Daily Mail – the Earl claims that Charles, then the Prince of Wales, subjected him to a “stream of anger” after he insisted Diana would not have wanted Princes William and Harry, then aged 15 and 12, to walk in her funeral procession. uncertain
William → serialise → procession
According to a book excerpt, one of Queen Elizabeth II’s senior aides told him that William and Harry were to walk in the procession, prompting the Earl to state “that’s not going to happen”. uncertain
that → accord → Earl
Charles called minutes later and told him that 18 years earlier he had walked in the funeral procession of his great-uncle, Lord Mountbatten, it is claimed. asserted
it → call → uncle
“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. asserted
world → assume → death
‘Rest assured’, he hissed, ‘we’ll forget her soon enough!’.” asserted
we → rest → her
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