Earl Spencer has accused Buckingham Palace of “gaslighting” following their response to claims he made in his memoir about Princess Diana. In Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, Mr Spencer alleges that King Charles told him, “Rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough,” after the princess’s brother objected to her sons walking behind her coffin.
He also claims Charles, then the Prince of Wales, “sounded giddily elated – like a lottery winner” when he spoke to the earl after the princess’s death. The claims sparked a war of words with Buckingham Palace, which responded by saying “fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory”.
Interview Defence
Speaking to Gayle King on CBS Mornings on Monday, Diana’s brother said: “They have to gaslight. They have to sort of pretend there's something wrong with my mind or my memory. There's nothing wrong with either.”
He defended his claim about Charles’s remark, stating: “I know I heard that. I only had two conversations on the phone with the now king. So, it's definitely the case. I told people at the time. I told Barbara Walters, actually, at the time.”
Harry Question and Memoir Impact
He also revealed that the Duke of Sussex asked him after the book’s release whether there was anything that would embarrass him. “Harry was sort of like ‘Is there anything in there that would be embarrassing to me?’. I said ‘absolutely not’. I’m very specific about people’s privacy,” the earl said.
The controversial memoir, released ahead of the 30th anniversary of Diana’s death next year, has made headlines around the world for its string of allegations against the King.
