Charles said Diana would be forgotten 'soon enough', Earl Spencer claims in book
BBC News has not seen Earl Spencer's memoir in full. Buckingham Palace has been contacted for comment.Swan Song: Diana, My Sister is due to be published next week and is expected to be hihgly critical of the Royal Family.
- ▪BBC News has not seen Earl Spencer's memoir in full.
- ▪Buckingham Palace has been contacted for comment.Swan Song: Diana, My Sister is due to be published next week and is expected to be hihgly critical of the Royal Family.
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Charles said Diana would be forgotten 'soon enough', Earl Spencer claims in bookImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Earl Spencer (second from the left) said he disagreed with Charles over whether William and Harry should walk in Diana's funeral processionByElla Kipling and Sean Coughlan, Royal correspondentPublished2 minutes agoEarl Spencer, the brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, has claimed King Charles said "we'll forget her soon enough" days after her death, in an extract from his upcoming memoir published by the Daily Mail.Earl Spencer alleged the remark came after he insisted to the King that Diana would not have wanted Prince William and Prince Harry, then aged 15 and 12, to have to walk in her funeral procession.He has claimed the then-Prince of Wales questioned the Spencer…
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