Earl Spencer has dropped bombshell claims regarding the moment he was called by King Charles following the death of his sister Princess Diana, allegedly that the then Prince was “like a lottery winner”
The brother of Princess Diana has sensationally claimed that King Charles was “giddily elated like a lottery winner” when he called regarding the death of his sister, according to an extract in his forthcoming memoir.
This is the second allegation to be released about then-Prince Charles’ following his actions following the death of his ex-wife, all made by Earl Spencer.
The Earl is set to release his memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, later this month but extracts from the book have been released by the Daily Mail. The latest claim from Earl Spencer is detailing a phone call with the King after Diana’s death.
The Earl claimed in his book: “Unlike my other callers, who were stunned, barely able to articulate their condolences and offers of help, he sounded giddily elated – like a lottery winner, I remember thinking at the time.”
He went on to further claim that he suspected “the prince’s first reaction must have been to think more of how this event might free him to marry the woman he loved, rather than appreciating the loss of one he did not”.
The Earl added that “It can be hard to feel too much sympathy for an ex-spouse”.
Yesterday, Buckingham Palace hit back at claims made by Earl Spence with a spokesperson saying “fraternal grief can cloud reason”.
It was alleged that just days after Diana’s death in 1997, the KIng told her brother “rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough” during a discussion about arrangements for the funeral in which Prince William and Prince Harry, then aged 15 and 12, walked behind their mother’s coffin.
In response to the claims, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said the King is “mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason”.
The statement reads: “While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss.”
King Charles is said to have made the comments about his ex-wife in a row over funeral preparations and to have questioned the Spencer family’s sense of duty.
The Earl says he insisted to the then Prince of Wales that Diana would not have wanted her young sons to have made the difficult public walk, it is claimed.