Charles Spencer
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“It was astonishingly provocative and below the belt because it was essentially trying to say I’d lied without the king being able to deny what I’d said,”
Charles Spencer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-20
Spencer added this in his Mail on Sunday interview about the palace's statement.
“There’s this perception in the media that I’m on Harry’s side. Well, I’m on my deceased sister’s sons’ side, both of them, and if either of them wanted anything, then I’d be equally there for them. I never get involved in one camp or the other, except as a benign figure, I hope.”
Charles Spencer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-20
Spencer discussed his relationship with Prince Harry and clarified he supports both of Diana's sons equally.
“It is not every day you wake up to find you’ve been gaslit by the king.”
Charles Spencer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-20
Spencer said this in an interview with Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper after the palace responded to his memoir claims.
“I suspect the prince’s first reaction must have been to think more of how this event might free him to marry the woman he loved, rather than appreciating the loss of one he did not.”
Charles Spencer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-20
In excerpts from his book published by the Daily Mail, Spencer writes about Charles's reaction immediately after Diana's death.
“I don’t like to talk about what I’ve been speaking about to William and Harry, but this will not be a surprise to them, I will tell you that. These words will not be a surprise to them,”
Charles Spencer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-20
Spencer appeared to indicate that Princes William and Harry were aware of his allegation before the memoir was published.
“I have a duty, as an eyewitness to history, in the final season of my life,”
Charles Spencer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-20
Spencer told the BBC he had a duty as an eyewitness to history to record true things in his memoir.
“because it was so monstrous.”
Charles Spencer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-20
Spencer told the BBC he had told close friends and family at the time about what Charles had said because it was so monstrous.
“I wanted to just put things down that were true.”
Charles Spencer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-20
Spencer told the BBC he wanted to put down things that were true in his memoir.
“This is not a threat, it’s a fact: I know lots of things about the king which I chose not to include in the book, because they were not relevant. I’m a historian. ... I wanted to give the context.”
Charles Spencer · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-20
Spencer told the BBC he knew many things about the king that he chose not to include in the book because they were not relevant.