Earl Spencer is preparing to revisit his family’s history in a new memoir. The book will bring Princess Diana and their shared past back into focus. With her 30th death anniversary approaching, an expert believes the renewed attention may not sit well with Diana’s sisters.
Expert believes Earl Spencer’s Princess Diana’s memoir will leave their two sisters ‘annoyed’
According to HELLO!, Ingrid Seward believes Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes may be frustrated by the memoir. It will once again put their late sister, Princess Diana, at the center of public discussion. “I should think they’ll be pretty annoyed because it just brings up their sister yet again,” Seward told the publication.
“Next year is the 30th anniversary of her death, so there’s bound to be another big fuss, which I’m sure they won’t like.” Diana’s sisters have largely stayed away from publicly discussing their family and their relationship with the late princess. Seward believes that approach is likely to continue.
“They just don’t get involved, for self-preservation,” she explained. “They’ve never said anything, only occasionally giving the odd quote to a proper Diana memorial book, published shortly after her death.” The memoir has also faced controversy. Spencer apologized to Piers Morgan after incorrectly linking him to the publication of Diana’s 1993 gym photographs.
Seward noted that they have generally avoided becoming part of the wider conversation surrounding Diana. “Otherwise they don’t, and I think that’s the way they’re going to keep it,” she added. For Sarah and Jane, that could make remaining private more difficult. However, Seward expects them to continue keeping their distance from the public discussion.
The sisters were reportedly not aware Spencer was writing the memoir until much later. He said he told Sarah and Jane about the book at the same time as Prince William and Prince Harry, and that his sisters were very surprised. For Sarah and Jane, the memoir could bring more attention to a family story they have largely kept private.
