Buckingham Palace has denied an allegation that King Charles III made the remark after the death of his former wife, Princess Diana. The claim appears in a new book by Diana’s younger brother, Charles Spencer, which revisits the immediate aftermath of her fatal car crash in Paris in 1997. Diana was 36.
Key points: • Spencer describes the days following the crash as traumatic and emotionally overwhelming. • His account includes an alleged comment attributed to Charles about Diana’s lasting public memory. • Palace officials have rejected the claim, disputing the account presented in the book. • Diana’s death triggered a worldwide outpouring of grief and intense scrutiny of the royal family. • The episode remains a sensitive subject more than two decades after the princess’s death.