King Charles responds to Earl Spencer's Diana allegations

King Charles responded on September 16–17 to claims in a new memoir by Earl Charles Spencer, Princess Diana's brother, which alleged Charles told Spencer to expect Diana's death would be avenged. Buckingham Palace rejected the criticisms through a spokesperson who suggested grief had affected Spencer's reasoning.

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King Charles responds to criticism from Princess Diana’s brother in rare move

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Britain’s King Charles took the unusual step ⁠on Wednesday of ⁠responding to criticism by ⁠the brother of his late first wife Diana, saying via a spokesman that grief could impact reason, judgment and memory. The assertions, made in a soon-to-be published book, relate to the now-monarch’s ‌conduct in the days after Diana’s death in 1997. Diana was killed at the age of 36 when the car carrying her

King Charles Responds to Claim in New Book by Charles Spencer

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A new memoir by Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, is making waves inside the royal family. In the book, Spencer alleges that King Charles told him “rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough” during a discussion about her funeral arrangements. The claim is drawing a rare response from Buckingham Palace. NBC’s Joe Fryer reports for TODAY.