Earl Spencer doubles down on 'ballistic' Charles claims which triggered rare response from King
The younger brother of the late Princess Diana has insisted that he did not misquote King Charles in his bombshell book.
Earl Spencer, 62, has sensationally alleged that the British monarch told him 'we'll forget her soon enough' just days after the Princess of Wales passed away in August 1997.
After Buckingham Palace issued a rare response to this alleged exchange, the author has now doubled down on his statements - and has now claimed that Charles went 'ballistic' at him during a tense phone call.
Spencer's upcoming book, titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, is set to hit the shelves next week, but it's already causing quite the commotion.
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Excerpts of his writing have been published by the Daily Mail in the lead up to its release, which provided some insight into his relationship with his former brother-in-law, King Charles.
Diana's sibling claims that he butted heads with the head of state over the mother-of-two's funeral arrangements and how involved her sons William and Harry, then aged 15 and 12, should be in the very public procession.
Spencer goes on to allege that Charles unleashed a 'stream of anger' at him, while he did not interrupt, before the monarch's alleged rant came to an abrupt stop.
"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," he writes. "'Rest assured,' he hissed, 'we'll forget her soon enough!'"
A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace responded to the allegation in Spencer's book, saying: "While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss."
Spencer has now hit back at this statement in a new sit-down interview with the BBC, where he revealed further dramatic details about this alleged conversation with Charles.
"I can tell you here and now, those are exactly the words he said," he boldly declared on Friday (18 September).
He has claimed that this verbal exchange is firmly stuck in his mind as he has 'only ever had two calls' with Charles in his lifetime and was 'hyper-alert to what he was saying'.
"Those are precisely the words that he said and I promise that to you now," Spencer said. "Genuinely, that is what he said. I don't hear him saying he didn't say that."
Delving further into what transpired during this alleged chat, he claimed: "He went ballistic, would be the right term, and started really going for my family as a whole, about their sense of duty, not being adequate enough, and ranted for a while, I have no idea how long, but it was a significant period, and I just listened.
'I hung up on him'
"And then he stopped, and I thought, ‘Oh now he’s gonna pull himself together and say something more appropriate’, and then he said, ‘We’ll forget her soon enough’."
"I really was so stunned, and I just, after a stunned silence, I said, ‘I cannot believe you just said that’, and I hung up on him."
Spencer then suggested that Charles might be 'embarrassed' about the alleged comments, before taking a swipe at the statement from the Palace.
He added: "They've sort of smudged that one, haven't they? They've said that recollections may vary."
Spencer's book promises readers it will 'provide the most intimate, loving and honest portrait yet of his sister'.
LADbible has contacted Buckingham Palace for comment.
Topics: Royal Family, UK News, King Charles III, Books
Olivia Burke