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Earl Spencer, Princess Diana’s brother, reaffirms his claim that King Charles made a call shortly after Diana's death in 1997, where Charles allegedly said they would "forget her soon enough." In an interview with BBC and excerpts from his upcoming memoir, Spencer describes the contentious phone conversation and notes that Buckingham Palace has responded by suggesting Spencer’s judgment was clouded due to grief. Spencer questions whether Charles is furious or embarrassed about the incident as he prepares to release details in his book criticizing the royal family.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-19,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Experts suggest that Earl Spencer felt a duty to write his memoir about Diana's life. In the book, he makes explosive claims against King Charles, alleging that shortly after Princess Diana’s death in 1997, then-Prince Charles said "we’ll forget her soon enough." This prompted Buckingham Palace to issue a statement saying His Majesty is mindful that fraternal grief can cloud judgment and reason.
Spencer accused the king of gaslighting him when the palace responded by questioning his recollections. He called the palace's defense a "rather poor imitation" of how Queen Elizabeth II handled similar allegations from Prince Harry in their Oprah interview.
The book also includes details about an alleged row over Diana’s funeral arrangements where King Charles reportedly went ballistic, criticizing Spencer's family for not fulfilling their duties adequately enough. Buckingham Palace did not comment on the specifics of these claims but suggested that grief could affect memory accuracy over time.
Earl Spencer told BBC he wanted to put down truths before it was too late due to his awareness of mortality. He added that there are other facts about King Charles he chose not to include in the book, deeming them irrelevant.
Written for “Diana Controversies Royal Family” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 92 other(s) covering the same event.
Earl Spencer, Princess Diana’s brother, has doubled down on his claim regarding an alleged phone call with her ex-husband, King Charles, shortly after her death in 1997.
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"I can tell you here and now, those are exactly the words he (Charles) said.
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I was hyper alert to what he was saying," Spencer told BBC in an exclusive interview.
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He was responding to Buckingham Palace's statement that the King was "mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgement and colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss.
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the 62-year-old, who shares his first name with Charles, added.
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Spencer further stated that he and the King have only ever had two calls.
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Buckingham Palace declined to give a response to his fresh comments.
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What was Earl Spencer's claim
In excerpts of his upcoming memoir, "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister," Earl Spencer claims the-then Prince of Wales made a startling remark during a heated argument over whether their sons, Princes William and Harry, should join their mother's funeral procession.
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According to Spencer, the exchange occurred after he insisted his late sister would not have wanted her young sons to walk behind her coffin.
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In a subsequent BBC interview detailing the confrontation, he recalled that the future King "went ballistic" and "ranted for a while," accusing Diana's family of lacking a proper sense of duty.
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"And then he stopped and I thought, oh now, now he's gonna pull himself together and say something more appropriate," Spencer recalled.
"And then, he said, 'we'll forget her soon enough."
"Stunned into a momentary silence," Spencer claimed he responded flatly, "I cannot believe you just said that," before hanging up.
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The forthcoming book—expected to offer a sharp critique of the Royal Family—also detailed earlier conversations between the two men following Diana's fatal car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997.
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Charles and Diana were married in July 1981.
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They announced their formal separation in December 1992 and their divorce was finalised in August 1996.
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