‘We’ll forget her soon enough’ - Earl Spencer’s explosive claims about Princess Diana and King Charles
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The Press Association announced with a newsflash at 4.41, that's just a few minutes ago, that Diana, Princess of Wales, has died, according to British sources.
Today on the Indo Daily, Princess Diana and Britain's never-ending royal drama. The royal family has spent almost three decades trying to move on from Princess Diana, but she can still dominate the headlines like nobody else. The latest instalment is a new book by her brother, Earl Spencer, which has dragged Buckingham Palace into an extraordinary public dispute.
The Daily Mail releasing new extracts from Earl Spencer's book tonight and they make grim reading for the royal family.
In Swan Song, Diana My Sister, the Earl makes a series of deeply personal and highly controversial claims about the days surrounding her death, the royal family's reaction and his relationship with the then Prince Charles.
And I'd had a lot of calls that day from people who cared, who were stunned like we all were. And I just felt there was a lightness in his tone about Diana's death that really jarred with me.
The palace's stiff upper lip is quivering and a rare rebuttal has been issued, dismissing Spencer's account as one potentially coloured by grief and the passage of time.
There's a phrase, isn't there, where he talks about... affecting judgment? Well, the question could be asked, has his judgment not been affected in choosing to put out this statement?
So why has this book struck a nerve? Why is the palace breaking its golden rule of never complain, never explain? I'm Kevin Doyle, and today on the Indo Daily, I'm joined by Fred Kelly, features writer with the Daily Mail, to explore why 29 years after that crash in Paris, Princess Diana still has the power to shake the British monarchy. Fred, this book is being advertised as the first time that Earl Spencer has spoken openly and at length about his sister. Now, is that really true?
Yeah, I mean, I think that length is the key phrase there. I mean, this is a book, it's more than a soundbite, certainly. It's published today, the 22nd of September, Swan Song, Diana, My Sister. Now, of course, in the last 30 years, Earl Spencer has spoken numerous times about his late sister, but we've just heard snippets here and there, really. We've had him on Loose Woman talking about his grief. He said to the panel there,
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–12:11
2
What new revelations does Earl Spencer’s book claim King Charles made about Diana’s death?
12:11–16:43
3
How does the book describe Prince Charles’s reaction to Diana’s fatal car crash?
16:43–20:08
4
Why does Earl Spencer say the young princes were asked to walk behind Diana’s coffin?
20:08–23:50
5
What is the significance of the palace’s rare public rebuttal to Spencer’s claims?
23:50–27:10
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How does the palace’s statement about ‘grief clouding judgment’ function as a denial?
27:10–30:15
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