Spencer has claimed that Princes William and Harry were already aware of his allegation that King Charles said we’ll forget her soon enough in the days following Princess Diana’s death in 1997. Speaking to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday, Diana’s younger brother indicated he had previously shared the claims with both nephews.
I don’t like to talk about what I’ve been speaking about to William and Harry, but this will not be a surprise to them, he said. I will tell you that these words will not be a surprise to them. GB News has approached both William and Harry’s representatives for comment. The assertions are part of Spencer’s forthcoming memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, due to be released on Tuesday.
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Sources close to the Duke of Sussex told GB News last week that Prince Harry had not read the book. King Charles’s alleged remark followed a furious exchange between Earl Spencer and the then Prince of Wales over funeral arrangements. Earl Spencer had voiced his opposition to William and Harry, aged 15 and 12 at the time, being made to walk behind their mother’s coffin in the public procession.
According to Earl Spencer’s account, King Charles responded by citing his own experience. The Earl told the BBC, he said, “I walked behind Lord Mountbatten’s coffin.” And I said, “Yes, but you were 30 and he wasn’t your mother.
