Charles Spencer has a new book out, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, and the excerpts are sparking serious conversation online. In the book, Diana’s brother claims his first phone call with King Charles after her death in August 1997 left him stunned, describing Charles as sounding“giddily elated — like a lottery winner.”He also alleges that during a disagreement over funeral arrangements, Charles said the world would“forget her soon enough.”
Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the book itself but noted that grief can cloud reason, affect judgment, and color memory. Trauma genuinely does change how people recall conversations, and that point is worth holding as the story circulates.
What makes this land so hard is that Diana hasn’t been forgotten at all. Nearly thirty years after her death, she remains one of the most beloved royals in history, and her sons speak about her constantly. If anything, the world remembers her more fondly than ever. Do you think decades can really change how a person remembers a conversation, or is the truth always the truth?
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