Charles Spencer Says King Charles Sounded “Giddily Elated” on Diana’s 1997 Death Night
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Updated · CNN · Sep 16
Charles Spencer Says King Charles Sounded “Giddily Elated” on Diana’s 1997 Death Night
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Sep 16
Summary
Fresh extracts from Charles Spencer’s memoir say King Charles sounded “giddily elated — like a lottery winner” when he spoke on the night Princess Diana died in August 1997.
Days later, Spencer writes, Charles erupted when he argued William, 15, and Harry, 12, should not join Diana’s funeral procession, then said: “We’ll forget her soon enough.”
Buckingham Palace issued an unusually direct rebuttal on Wednesday, saying grief can “cloud reason, affect judgment and color memory,” and told CNN on Thursday it had nothing further to add.
Penguin Random House confirmed the quoted passages are accurate extracts from Spencer’s book, “Swan Song,” which is due next week and is expected to sharply criticize the royal family.