Earl Spencer's Book Reignites Royal Controversy With Claims About King Charles

Decades after Princess Diana's death, her brother Earl Spencer has given public voice to what she privately believed about her marriage — that King Charles held romantic feelings for a member of his own household staff. The allegation, drawn not from investigation but from a sister's confidence, has proven powerful enough to break one of the monarchy's most enduring customs: its silence. Buckingham Palace, an institution that has long governed itself by the principle of never complaining and never explaining, has chosen to respond — and in doing so, has transformed a family dispute into a ques