‘We’ll forget her soon enough’: Princess Diana’s brother releases tell-all memoir

In his recent memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, released on Tuesday, Charles Spencer, Princess Diana's brother, alleges that King Charles told him, "We'll forget her soon enough," shortly after Diana's fatal car crash. The book, serialized in the Daily Mail, includes various claims about Diana's life and the aftermath of her death.

Buckingham Palace responded to the publication, stating that grief can "cloud reason" and "color memory." According to Spencer, the then-Prince of Wales became furious during an argument over whether Prince William and Prince Harry should walk behind their mother's coffin. He asserts that the King said, "Rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough."

Spencer describes 12-year-old Prince Harry at the funeral as looking "tiny, and slight, and bereft," and expresses concern over a "lack of obvious care" for him. He also alleges that Charles sounded "giddily elated" and "like a lottery winner" during a call on the night Diana died, possibly thinking about escaping his marriage to Camilla Parker-Bowles.

Spencer claims Diana believed Charles was "in love with his valet." Despite Buckingham Palace's statement that grief can affect memory, Spencer contends his book could not have been motivated by profit, as he had shared the idea with both princes before publication.