Princess Diana — deceased member of the British royal family whose 1997 death remains subject of recent memoir controversy and auction of her personal belongings.
Earl Spencer has told the BBC that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s treatment at the hands of the media has “echoes” of what happened to his sister Diana, Princess of Wales. …
Buckingham Palace has issued a sharp and direct rebuke on behalf of King Charles III following the publication of advance excerpts from a forthcoming memoir by Charles Spencer, the brother of the late Princess Diana. …
Buckingham Palace is in a war of words with Earl Spencer, the brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, over a controversial memoir about her life and death. …
Buckingham Palace has responded after a claim by Earl Spencer, the brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, that King Charles said “we’ll forget her soon enough” days after her death. …
Princess Diana’s “revenge dress”, worn at a Vanity Fair party in London just hours after then-Prince Charles admitted in a television interview to an affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles, is going up for auction. …
… But he could see more of the Spencer side of his family, with reports that he might stay at the Althorp estate, where his late mother, Princess Diana, is buried. …
Piers Morgan has demanded that offending pages be removed from Earl Spencer's memoir Swan Song: Diana, My Sister after the book incorrectly described Morgan as the editor of the Daily Mirror when it published photographs of Princess Diana at a gym in 1993; Earl Spencer has apologised for the error, and publisher Penguin will amend the book in future editions.
Piers Morgan has demanded that offending pages be removed from Earl Spencer's memoir Swan Song: Diana, My Sister after the book incorrectly described Morgan as the editor of the Daily Mirror when it published photographs of Princess Diana at a gym in 1993; Earl Spencer has apologised for the error, and publisher Penguin will amend the book in future editions.
Earl Spencer told the BBC that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's media treatment contains "echoes" of what his sister Princess Diana experienced, describing press coverage as a "cancerous influence" and urging people to learn from Diana's example.
Buckingham Palace issued a sharp rebuke on behalf of King Charles III following advance excerpts from Charles Spencer's forthcoming memoir "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister," which details disputed phone calls between Spencer and then-Prince Charles regarding whether Princes William and Harry should walk behind their mother's coffin at her 1997 funeral, and alleges Charles made remarks suggesting contempt for Diana and relief at her death.
In a controversial book about Diana, Princess of Wales, her brother Earl Spencer alleges that King Charles sounded like a "lottery winner" when he called after her 1997 death. Buckingham Palace rejected the claims, stating that "the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory."
Buckingham Palace has strongly contested claims in Earl Spencer's upcoming memoir about Diana, Princess of Wales, including an allegation that King Charles said "we'll forget her soon enough" after her 1997 death. The Palace suggested that grief may have affected Spencer's recollection of events.
Buckingham Palace responded to allegations by Earl Spencer that King Charles said "we'll forget her soon enough" days after Diana's death, with a spokesperson saying grief can "cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory." Spencer's memoir, due to be published next week, alleges Charles subjected him to a "stream of anger" over the princes walking in Diana's funeral procession.
Princess Diana's iconic black silk evening dress, worn to a 1994 Vanity Fair party hours after Prince Charles admitted to an affair, is being auctioned by Sotheby's on 9 December with an expected price of up to $300,000. The dress, designed by Christina Stambolian, was previously sold in 1997 along with 79 others to raise money for charities.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said security arrangements for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on their return to the UK are a "private matter" to be decided by the Royal and VIP Executive Committee. The couple intends to relocate to a private, non-royal residence outside London later this month.
Earl Spencer is releasing Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, a book telling his sister Princess Diana's life story from his perspective. He said he wrote it to speak on her behalf and correct misconceptions about her, nearly 30 years after her death in 1997.
The Duke of Sussex returned to the UK for a week of Invictus Games engagements in London and Birmingham, coinciding with a court verdict on Tuesday in a case he brought against Associated Newspapers over unlawful information gathering. He is attending events alone, as his wife Meghan and children are not in London due to security concerns.