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As Charles refutes Earl Spencer’s claim about Diana, how royal statements give a glimpse behind palace doors

The Guardian UK · 17 September 2026 at 15:47

As Charles refutes Earl Spencer’s claim about Diana, how royal statements give a glimpse behind palace doors

From ‘there were three of us in this marriage’ to ‘recollections may vary’, a lot can be conveyed with a carefully worded phrase As denials go, King Charles’s response to Earl Spencer’s allegations that Charles said after Diana’s death “We’ll forget her soon enough” was a masterclass in the diplomatic royal rebuke.

Rarely has Buckingham Palace responded to claims in countless books on royalty.

But it was straight out of the block on this one.

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As Charles refutes Earl Spencer’s claim about Diana, how royal statements give a glimpse behind palace doors

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