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Spencer Accuses Charles, Sparks Concern

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Earl Spencer published a memoir in Britain that accused King Charles III of mistreating Princess Diana and quoted the monarch as saying they would "forget her soon enough," sparking concern.

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Prince Diana eh...
September 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM

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Earl Spencer has apologised for falsely alleging in his book Swansong that Piers Morgan published intrusive photos of Prince Diana attending a gym. Morgan said he still intends to sue "to have the lies removed" and obtain damages for charity. uk.yahoo.com/news/earl-sp...
Earl Spencer apologises over Diana book error but Piers Morgan still vows to sue
Diana’s brother Charles Spencer said, as a historian, ‘accuracy was important to him’ and apologised to the broadcaster.
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September 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Swan Song by Charles Spencer review – a furious exercise in score-settling by Diana’s brother

Amid genuinely touching passages about his sister, the earl can’t help but put himself and his grievances centre stage Charles Spencer’s Swan Song, a memoir of his relationship with his sister, the late Diana, Princess of Wales, is a fascinating document that tells us a little about Diana and a great deal about Charles Spencer - perhaps more than we needed to know. If that sounds snarky, after 400 pages of score settling, chest thumping, wild indiscretion and some truly touching passages about his late sister, the reader is left with a head-spinning story of the world that created Diana and a certain sourness at the manner in which it is told. Let’s start with the headlines in last week’s Daily Mail, the newspaper to whom Spencer sold serialisation of a book which includes a line describing tabloid journalists as “those who inhabit the murky swamps of malevolence, and who need to suck their victims dry of their souls”. Perhaps he meant a different set of hacks. Anyway the top line in the Mail was that, shortly after Diana’s death, King Charles insulted her in a phone call to Spencer: “‘Rest assured, ’ he hissed, ‘we’ll forget her soon enough. ’” Your take on this quote will likely dictate how you receive the book, and here’s mine: I’m willing to believe the king behaved badly, but “hissed” is a red flag, one of those embellishments, like “snarled” or “flounced”, that writers tend to use to make those they’re writing about appear worse. Spencer, always the injured party, has so many axes grinding away in this book that at times it’s impossible to hear what he’s saying. Continue reading. . .

Swan Song by Charles Spencer review – a furious exercise in score-settling by Diana’s brother
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