Nearly three decades after Princess Diana's death, her brother Earl Spencer has published a memoir containing claims that directly contradict King Charles's account of the hours following the 1997 Paris crash — most pointedly, that Charles sounded 'giddily elated' when they spoke by phone. The King has publicly disputed the characterization, a rare breach of royal protocol that signals how deeply the allegation cuts. This is not merely a family quarrel but a contest over who holds the authority to narrate one of the most consequential losses in modern British public life.
Earl Spencer's Diana memoir reignites royal controversy with claims about King Charles
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