Nearly three decades after Princess Diana's death, her brother Charles Spencer has published a memoir that forces the question of how grief, power, and memory intersect within one of the world's most scrutinized families. Spencer's account of the days surrounding Diana's 1997 funeral — including claims about King Charles III's emotional coldness and a dispute over whether William and Harry should walk in the procession — has drawn a rare formal rebuttal from Buckingham Palace. That the palace felt compelled to respond at all speaks to something enduring: Diana's story has never truly been clos