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Princess Diana's Brother Claims King Charles Sounded 'Like Lottery Winner' After Her Death
- •Earl Spencer's memoir "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister" alleges King Charles sounded "giddily elated" and said "we'll forget her soon" after Diana's death.
- •Spencer suspected Charles might have been thinking about marrying Camilla, though he acknowledged uncertainty about Charles's true thoughts.
- •The memoir reveals Diana considered calling off her engagement to Charles in 1981 due to fears he wasn't in love with her.
- •Spencer writes that Diana contemplated suicide at Beachy Head, but her love for her sons prevented her from acting on it.
- •Diana allegedly told Spencer that Charles was "in love with his valet" when discussing her divorce, a claim Spencer stands by.
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In his memoir "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister," Earl Spencer alleges that then-Prince Charles sounded "giddily elated" and "like a lottery winner" after Princess Diana's death. He also claims Charles told him during a heated phone call that "we'll forget her soon enough" following a disagreement over whether Princes William and Harry should walk in the funeral procession, and asserts that Diana believed Charles was in love with his valet.
Buckingham Palace issued a rare response to the excerpts from Earl Spencer's memoir, stating that the King "is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgement and colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss". Spencer subsequently accused King Charles of "gaslighting" him through this official statement.
According to Earl Spencer's memoir, Princess Diana had considered calling off her 1981 wedding to Charles because she feared he was not in love with her, though she ultimately chose to proceed after raising concerns with her father. Spencer also writes that in her later years, Diana drove herself to Beachy Head while contemplating ending her life, but stopped herself because of her deep love for her sons.
