Charles Spencer, the brother of Princess Diana just dropped one of the biggest defences of his own claims against King Charles – claims that Palace aides went to great lengths to defend against.
“Rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough”, was the claim in question and just last night in an interview with the BBC Earl Spencer defended his recollections which have been accused of getting “clouded”.
The 62-year-old earl said, “I can tell you here and now, those are exactly the words he said.”
“I’ve only ever had two calls on the line with Prince Charles at any stage of my life. I was hyper alert to what he was saying and those are precisely the words he said and I promise that to you now. Genuinely, that is what he said. I don’t hear him saying he didn’t say that.”
For reference, he revealed earlier, in his upcoming book, that Prince Charles looked ‘giddy’ and excited and elated to hear of her passing. But the word-by-word account penned in a Daily MAil piece reads, “The phone rang constantly. Prince Charles caught me as I crossed the landing upstairs. He let me know he had informed William and Harry of their mother’s death, first thing that morning, in their bedrooms at Balmoral. It all sounded strangely matter-of-fact, given the enormity of the disaster.”
“Looking back now, I suspect the prince’s first reaction must have been to think more of how this event might free him to marry the woman he loved, rather than appreciating the loss of one he did not. It can be hard to feel too much sympathy for an ex-spouse, or those who care for them profoundly, after bitter divorce.”
In regards to the funeral and the proceedings after the fact he hit back against the Palace and said, “I was chosen to be the point of contact for my family when it came to Diana’s funeral arrangements. Once it was correctly decided, after my family appreciated the public need for it, that Diana’s service should be a full-blown national ceremony, Buckingham Palace and Prince Charles’s offices felt entitled to take the lead.”
He even recalled their ‘claim’ on her when he admitted, “Diana remained theirs, in Buckingham Palace’s eyes, even in death. Her family, despite her divorce, were simply expected to fall into line with any royal decisions. It is at moments like this that even the most ardent monarchist finds that questions about arrogance and entitlement arise.”
Another thing worth mentioning was that even the express wishes Diana had for her funeral were not respected he said because “‘no part of a requiem can be played at a Church of England funeral,’ I was told. I later found out that was not the case – the first of several untruths that the authorities would push my way at that time.”
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