Two courts have erected almost overnight since Earl Spencer released Swan Song. One is in defence of King Charles who was ‘wrecked’ and ‘emotional’ when the mother of his children passed. Meanwhile other have referenced experts of their field to point out buried memories.
One such person is documentary filmmaker Phil Craig and he spoke to The Royalist podcast about the Princess who died at the age of 36.
According to him, “when somebody gets up and says, ‘[Charles] never—he always said his friends must never badmouth the princess,’ I mean, it is laughable. It’s ridiculous. Do they think we’re stupid? Do they think we have no memories?”
What is pertinent to mention about the filmmaker, he’s had a lot of access to the truth of their PR war that started against Diana in 2003, (and is described in Charles: The Battle with Diana). According to the Daily Beast, the “documentary episode that dove deep into Charles’ and Diana’s PR war and explored how the Prince of Wales’ household allegedly tried to paint Diana as unstable and disturbed.”
Mr Craig’s own words are also as follows, “because what they’ve always done in that family—and of course, what a lot of people close to the royals themselves have known—is that there was a full court press operation, as you say, very professionally run. I’d say it was rather disreputable for a future king and head of the Church of England to do that, because what this boils down to is an attitude towards speaking about Diana that we’ve seen this week.”
Because, “If you or I say something about Diana, we’re exploiting her. It’s shameful. How dare we try to monetize this woman? Let her rest in peace.” But he admits, “if they say something about her, including some of the most hurtful and horrible things, then that’s meant to be kind of an acceptable part of the to-and-fro of royal reporting.”
For those unversed with the comment that incited such a polarizing support system, it reads as follows; “Rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough.”
Spoken by King Charles, per claims of his ex-brother-in-law, the accusation was met by a jibe by Charles’ people too. The king is “mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment, and color memory in ways others do not recognize, even many years after such a loss,” they said. Shortly after that a second, less accusatory comment came to The Telegprah by a Palace aide. They said, the comment was “just not in his nature” and that he “defied protocol” to ensure Diana had a royal funeral.
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