Buckingham Palace has disputed a claim by Earl Spencer that Charles said Diana would be forgotten “soon enough”, after the assertion appeared in a book.
The claim, attributed to Earl Spencer, concerns an alleged remark about Diana. The supplied material does not give further detail about the timing, setting or wider context of the alleged comment, but identifies the allegation as part of a book by Spencer.
Buckingham Palace has pushed back against the account. In its response, the Palace said grief can “colour memory” of events, indicating that it does not accept the recollection as a straightforward account of what happened.
The exchange places the disputed remark at the centre of renewed attention on the relationship between Charles, Diana and those close to them. However, the available material contains only the claim and the Palace response, and does not include additional evidence, extracts or comments from others involved.
The latest known position is that Earl Spencer’s claim stands as an allegation made in a book, while Buckingham Palace has challenged the reliability of the recollection by pointing to the effect grief can have on memory.
