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Book on Princess Diana Revives Old Controversies Around British Royals, with Painful Excerpts for the Royal House
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Charles Spencer’s new book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, reignites controversies surrounding the British royal family as it approaches the thirtieth anniversary of Princess Diana’s death in a Paris car crash. The publication features allegations that then-Crown Prince Charles sounded “nervously excited” about Diana’s death and suggested the public would quickly forget her, prompting the palace to break its usual silence. Spencer also claims Charles wanted his sons to walk behind her coffin despite family objections and criticizes the media for profiting from Diana’s suffering. While the palace attributes such memories to grief clouding judgment, Spencer maintains these conversations occurred, raising questions about Charles’s reaction and his relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles.
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