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New York Post
· collected 2026-09-17 · by Sophia Melissa Caraballo Piñeiro
In his upcoming book, Charles Spencer, Diana’s brother, claims that Prince Charles sounded elated and matter-of-fact when he called to inform him about Princess Diana’s death in 1997. Spencer alleges that Charles was more concerned with marrying his then-lover Camilla than mourning Diana, whom he had divorced four years prior. Buckingham Palace disputes these claims, stating that grief can distort memory and judgment.
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Charles Spencer, Diana's brother and the ninth Earl Spencer, claims in his upcoming memoir "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister" that then-Prince Charles told him over the phone days after Diana’s death on August 31, 1997, to “rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough.” The incident occurred during a heated argument about funeral arrangements where Prince William and Harry were set to walk in their mother's funeral procession. Spencer insisted that Diana would not have wanted this ordeal for her young sons, aged 15 and 12 at the time. Charles allegedly questioned the Spencer family’s sense of duty before making the controversial statement.
In response to these allegations, Buckingham Palace released a statement saying the king is "mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and color memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss," effectively disputing the authenticity of Spencer's recollection.
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King Charles allegedly “sounded giddily elated — like a lottery winner” after his ex-wife, Princess Diana, died.
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In his forthcoming book, “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,” Charles Spencer, the Earl of Spencer, recalled the moment a then-Prince Charles called him following the news of Diana’s fatal 1997 car accident.
“Unlike my other callers, who were stunned, barely able to articulate their condolences and offers of help, he sounded giddily elated — like a lottery winner, I remember thinking at the time,” Diana’s sibling writes in an excerpt published by the Daily Mail on Thursday.
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Per Spencer, Charles informed him that he had told Prince William and Prince Harry about their mother’s death, “first thing that morning, in their bedrooms at Balmoral.”
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He writes, “It all sounded strangely matter-of-fact, given the enormity of the disaster.
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“Looking back now, I suspect the prince’s first reaction must have been to think more of how this event might free him to marry the woman he loved, rather than appreciating the loss of one he did not,” Spencer continues, referring to now-Queen Camilla, whom Charles wed in 2005.
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Charles → look → 2005
He adds, “It can be hard to feel too much sympathy for an ex-spouse, or those who care for them profoundly, after bitter divorce.”
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who → add → divorce
Charles, notably, married to Diana in 1981, with the couple separating in 1992 and divorcing four years later.
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couple → marry → 1992
The king allegedly vowed that his ex would be forgotten “soon enough” after her passing, per Spencer’s book.
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ex → vow → book
He claims in the tell-all that the royal felt “pent-up contempt for Diana and … horror that the world was so bowled over by her death.”
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world → claim → death
Charles, however, disputed this characterization on Wednesday in a blistering statement to Page Six.
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Charles → dispute → Page
“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,” a Buckingham Palace spokesperson told us.
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