Earl Spencer is on a mission to portray King Charles as a beast, according to a royal insider. It comes as the late Princess Diana's younger brother released a memoir titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, in which he unleashed a series of shocking claims about Charles.
One of the most appalling claims was that Charles, who was then the Prince of Wales, sounded "giddily elated - like a lottery winner" when he heard the news of Diana's passing. It was in 1997 that Diana passed away as a result of a tragic car crash in Paris. Her funeral, six days later, was held at Westminster Abbey, and saw a young Prince William and Prince Harry have to walk behind their mother's coffin.
Allegations built 'relentlessly' through the book
According to Earl Spencer, the monarch thought that the death of his first wife would help clear the way for him to marry, now, Queen Camilla.
According to Radar Online, a royal source claimed: "The overwhelming feeling is that Spencer wants readers to come away seeing Charles as some kind of beast – a cold, calculating man who made Diana miserable in life and was almost relieved when she died. That portrait isn't created by one allegation. It is built relentlessly through the book by taking deeply painful episodes and repeatedly placing Charles in the worst imaginable light."
They added that people around the King find the claim that Diana's death presented an opportunity for Charles to have a future with Camilla "grotesque".
Insider: image of a man 'virtually devoid of humanity'
The insider continued: "Then you have the description of him supposedly sounding almost euphoric after Diana died. Put these claims together, and you create an image of a man virtually devoid of humanity at the moment his sons had lost their mother."
Charles's supporters believe that all these claims are part of the heartless impression that Earl Spencer wants his readers to have. However, they say that recollections from those who witnessed Charles around the days Diana passed away knew that he was not a "monster" but actually a "devastated father confronting an unimaginable situation".
Buckingham Palace responds
Buckingham Palace released a statement regarding the claims of Diana's younger brother.
It said: "While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory in ways others don't recognise, even many years after such a loss."
