A new biography has revealed Queen Elizabeth’s first words on hearing about Princess Diana’s car crash. Before the gruesome details became apparent, the Queen had expressed ridicule at the Princéss’s death.
Charles Spencer claims the Queen initially asked, “What is she up to now?” before the severity of Diana’s crash became clear
Queen Elizabeth had an inappropriate first response to Princess Diana’s car crash death at 36 in Aug. 1997.
Charles Spencer has revealed what exactly the Queen said after hearing about her ex-daughter-in-law’s death. Exclusively obtained by OK! Magazine, Spencer’s memoir, “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister” has much to reveal.
“When the queen had heard the first news of Diana’s being in a traffic accident, she had asked tetchily, ‘What is she up to now?’ This, before the seriousness of it all became clear,” Spencer, 62, wrote in his book.
He also noted that the late Queen also “wanted Diana’s coffin to be placed in the royal burial ground at Frogmore, near Windsor Castle, where princes and princesses generally end up.”
However, the Spencer family chose not to follow up on that demand. Diana was eventually buried on her home estate, Althorp, in Northamptonshire, England, following her funeral.
“My family was determined that Diana must come home to Althorp. We knew she would have wanted to do so. Besides, having had her HRH title removed as part of the package of humiliation handed to her at her divorce, almost a year to the day before her death, Diana was no longer eligible for royal Frogmore,” Spencer wrote.
Princess Diana’s relationship with the Firm was put under increasing stress as her marriage with the then-Prince Charles broke down. The couple divorced in 1996. As part of the divorce terms, she lost her HRH title but remained known as the Princess of Wales. Despite her death, Princess Diana remained immensely popular with the public for her warmth, candour, and humanitarian work.
Princess Diana died on August 31, 1997, after a car crash in Paris. Her death at 36 was mourned at a national level.
