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  "id": 8091603,
  "title": "‘Like a lottery winner’: Charles ‘elated’ after Diana’s death, her brother’s new book claims",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/like-a-lottery-winner-charles-elated-after-dianas-death-her-brothers",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T20:02:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
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    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/like-a-lottery-winner-charles-elated-after-diana-s-death-her-brother-s-new-book-claims-20260918-p60yfl.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "Earl Spencer’s book claims the then-Prince Charles seemed “giddily elated” in the immediate aftermath of Diana’s death in a car crash in 1997, possibly because he felt it meant he was freer to marry again.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Princess Diana memoir copies stolen days before release",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/princess-diana-memoir-copies-stolen-days-before-release",
        "published": "2026-09-16T13:12:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Earl Spencer's unreleased book on Diana stolen in the Netherlands",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/earl-spencers-unreleased-book-on-diana-stolen-in-the-netherlands",
        "published": "2026-09-16T13:22:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Buckingham Palace hits back over claims made in Earl Spencer book",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/buckingham-palace-hits-back-over-claims-made-in-earl-spencer-book",
        "published": "2026-09-16T19:23:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Palace hits back over Charles Spencer's claim about Princess Diana",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/palace-hits-back-over-charles-spencers-claim-about-princess-diana",
        "published": "2026-09-16T20:33:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘Like a lottery winner’: Charles ‘elated’ after Diana’s death, her brother’s new book claims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/like-a-lottery-winner-charles-elated-after-dianas-death-her-brothers-8091928",
        "published": "2026-09-17T20:02:59.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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