King Charles is facing fresh questions over new claims about Princess Diana’s death. Charles Spencer’s upcoming memoir revisits deeply personal chapters of the Royal Family’s past, with some of its revelations already prompting a response from Buckingham Palace. Royal commentators are now weighing in on the claims and the King’s response.
Expert urges King Charles to break silence and ‘refute’ Charles Spencer’s claims in Diana memoir
Talk TV presenters Kevin O’Sullivan and Samara Gill discussed the allegations in “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister.” O’Sullivan questioned why the King did not simply deny them, while Gill urged him to speak out before the controversy grows.
“If the King doesn’t say something now and absolutely refute the claims, then this is going to spin totally out of control very quickly,” Gill said during the Talk TV discussion.
Gill also said that Charles was elated when he called Spencer to inform him of his sister’s death. She further added, “he said he sounded giddily elated, like a lottery winner, I remember thinking at the time.”
Spencer claims Charles said all of this when he called after Diana’s death in 1997. He also claims the conversation about informing Prince William and Harry of their mother’s death. The memoir also revisits Diana’s funeral procession.
Spencer claims sources at Downing Street told him Charles wanted William and Harry to walk behind their mother’s coffin. Because he feared being booed or jeered at by the public. According to Spencer, the princes were positioned to protect against the expected backlash.
Gill described the revelations as “absolutely bombshell.” Buckingham Palace has not directly addressed each claim. It previously said the King was mindful that “the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory.”
The Talk TV discussion has added to the debate over Spencer’s claims. It also raises the question of whether Charles should respond directly.
