Cinema VinesLONDON – On Wednesday, King Charles issued a statement through a palace spokesperson that grief can cloud a person’s reasoning, judgment and memory, in response to allegations made by Charles Spencer, the brother of the late Princess Diana. The comments come ahead of the release of Spencer’s forthcoming memoir, which claims that the former Prince of Wales told him, “rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough” after Diana’s death in 1997.
According to the Daily Mail, the disputed remarks were made during a dispute over whether Diana’s sons, Princes William and Harry, should walk behind her coffin at her funeral. Spencer said he opposed the idea, and the king allegedly dismissed the suggestion. The book, set to begin serialising in the Mail on Thursday, will detail the royal’s conduct in the days following Diana’s tragic death in a car crash in Paris that killed her and her partner Dodi al‑Fayed.
Spencer’s memoir is framed as an attempt to present “the truth about Diana from her brother’s perspective” and to speak on her behalf in a “positively open” manner. He has described the aim of the book as a way to honour Diana’s legacy.
When asked about the allegations, a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace said the palace would not comment on books “as a matter of principle.” The spokesperson added that the king is aware that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory in ways that others may not recognise, even many years after such a loss.
The controversy follows the royal’s long‑standing marriage to Diana, which began in 1981 and ended in divorce in 1996. Diana, who died at 36, became the world’s most photographed woman. The new book is expected to provide fresh insight into the private moments of the royal family during a period of profound sorrow.
