Charles Spencer’s upcoming memoir“Swan Song: Diana, My Sister”contains a claim about King Charles that has royal fans reeling. In an excerpt published by the Daily Mail on Wednesday, Spencer says that while arguing with Charles over funeral arrangements after Diana’s August 1997 death, Charles told him,“Rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough.”Diana died at 36 in a Paris car crash, leaving sons William and Harry, then fifteen and twelve, who walked behind her casket at her state funeral.
The line lands hard because history remembers differently. Diana’s funeral drew millions of mourners to London’s streets and a global television audience in the billions. Decades later, her style, her charity work, and her sons still keep her name in headlines constantly. The claim has not been publicly addressed by King Charles, and it arrives while William and Harry remain famously estranged, adding another layer to an already complicated family story.
“Swan Song: Diana, My Sister”releases Tuesday, September 22, so expect this conversation to build all week. Was Spencer right to share that conversation with the world, or should some family moments stay private? Sound off below.
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