Charles Spencer’s forthcoming book“Swan Song: Diana, My Sister”is already making headlines, and the excerpts are heavy. Spencer claims King Charles III insisted on walking directly behind Princess Diana’s casket at her 1997 funeral, despite the couple’s divorce a year earlier. He also says the funeral committee worried Charles would face public anger if he walked alone, which is why Prince William, Prince Harry, and Prince Philip were arranged to join the procession. Spencer writes that William, then 15, and Harry, then 12, only agreed to walk if their grandfather came too. He also claims Charles called him in anger over his objections and said Diana would be forgotten“soon enough.”Buckingham Palace disputed the claims in a statement to Page Six, and a source close to the situation says Prince Harry wasn’t surprised by the allegations. Whether you see this as a genuine revelation or a book launch doing what book launches do, it’s reignited one of the most talked-about moments in modern royal history. What do you think: does this change how you see King Charles?
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