Diana’s brother claims Queen ‘tetchily’ requested ‘what’s she to this point’ after sister’s crash
Earl Spencer has made a series of bombshell claims about the royal family in his new book Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, alleging the Queen reacted tetchily when she first heard news of Princess Diana’s car crash in Paris
Earl Spencer has made claims regarding the reaction of the late Queen to Diana’s crash(Image: Getty)
Earl Spencer has made a bombshell allegation about the late Queen’s response upon learning of Princess Diana’s car crash in Paris, it has been claimed. The late Princess of Wales tragically died in August 1997, following a devastating collision in Paris, France.
Her brother, Earl Spencer, who is releasing a new book about his sister’s death and its consequences, alleges Elizabeth II “tetchily” enquired “what’s she been up to now?” upon hearing the tragic news, before she was confirmed to have passed away.
Swan Song: Diana, My Sister has seen portions serialised this week in the Daily Mail, containing a fresh series of explosive claims about the royals and reopening old wounds surrounding the aftermath of Diana’s death.
Earl Spencer’s book has already prompted one response from the Palace(Image: Getty)
In the most recent extract serialised by the Daily Mail, Earl Spencer writes: “When the Queen had heard the first news of Diana’s being in a traffic accident, she had asked tetchily, ‘What is she up to now?’ This, before the seriousness of it all became clear.
“After Diana’s death, the Queen said she wanted Diana’s coffin to be placed in the royal burial ground at Frogmore, near Windsor Castle.
“But my family was determined that Diana must come home to Althorp. We knew she would have wanted to do so. Besides, having had her HRH title removed as part of the package of humiliation handed to her at her divorce, almost a year to the day before her death, Diana was no longer eligible for royal Frogmore.”
Earl Spencer’s claims have saw the Palace issue a statement (Image: PA)
Additionally, he discussed the late Queen restoring Diana’s HRH title posthumously, reports the Express.
He claimed: “When we had gone some miles, Robert [Fellowes] beckoned me to follow him into a quiet corner of the carriage. ‘I have just received a call from Her Majesty,’ he said, in the grave tone that he always adopted when talking about the Queen, ‘and she would like to offer Diana her HRH title back.'”.
“I looked at him and tried to digest the significance of what was being suggested. What would Diana want? I thought.
“She had been dreadfully hurt by the removal of that title as she exited her marriage. It had seemed so petty and vindictive. While she was no longer to be married to one future king, she would always be mother to another.
“After a moment, I felt that I knew in my bones how she would view this posthumous award: ‘That’s very kind of the Queen, of course. But what’s the point, Robert? Now? I mean – Diana’s dead.'”.
