Overview
- Excerpts serialised this week in the Daily Mail quote Earl Spencer’s claim that the then‑Prince Charles told him “we’ll forget her soon enough” during a dispute over Diana’s funeral arrangements.
- Buckingham Palace issued a rare public comment saying fraternal grief “can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory,” a phrasing that stops short of a direct denial.
- Spencer defended his account in broadcast and print interviews, saying “I’m telling the truth,” and accused the Palace of attempting to gaslight him by questioning his recollection.
- Penguin has scheduled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister for publication on September 22, and industry sources say serialisations, advance‑copy leaks and US sales could make the memoir financially lucrative for the author.
- Reactions are split between supporters of the earl and defenders of the King, the Palace has declined further comment, and the dispute raises fresh questions about how competing personal memories shape the public record of Diana’s death.