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Earl Spencer Claims King Charles Said Diana Would Be Forgotten ‘Soon Enough’ After Her Death

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Author: Shivam Das · Independent coverage. Corrections / Contact

Earl Spencer claims in new memoir that King Charles said Princess Diana would be forgotten soon enough after her death
Earl Spencer claims in new memoir that King Charles said Princess Diana would be forgotten soon enough after her death

LONDON — In a forthcoming memoir, Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl Spencer and brother of the late Princess Diana, claims that King Charles told him days after Diana’s death in 1997 that the royal family would “forget her soon enough.”

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The allegation appears in Spencer’s book Swan Song: Diana, My Sister.

Based on published extracts from Earl Spencer’s memoir and reporting on September 16, 2026.

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