Britain’s King Charles on Wednesday broke his silence on claims made by Princess Diana’s brother Charles Spencer in his upcoming book. In a rare move, King Charles III responded to criticism over ex-wife’s untimely death in 1997 which left the world in shock.
The car crashed as it tried to escape paparazzi photographers on motorbikes chasing after them. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident at the age of 36, along with her lover Dodi al-Fayed, in Paris.
Princess Diana’s brother claimed in the book that after her death, the then-Prince Charles told him “rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough”. Responding to the allegations about his conduct following Diana’s death, the now-monarch said grief could cloud people’s reason and colour their memories. Spencer has alleged in the book that after Diana’s death, the then-Prince Charles told him “rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough” The reported comments were made in an argument over whether Diana and Charles’ children, princes William and Harry, should walk behind her coffin during her funeral — something Spencer objected to, the report said. “I assumed the pause signalled an effort to bring himself under control, but then he unleashed down the phone what I have always taken to be his pent-up contempt for Diana, and his horror that the world was so bowled over by her death,” Spencer writes, according to the Daily Mail.
