{"id":775956,"date":"2026-09-19T16:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775956\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:40:10","slug":"royal-family-news-live-fallout-over-earl-spencer-book-continues-amid-claims-diana-still-deeply-resented-in-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775956\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal family news live: Fallout over Earl Spencer book continues amid claims Diana still \u2018deeply resented\u2019 in Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>What King Charles said in first speech since \u2018unprecedented\u2019 response to Earl Spencer\u2019s book claims<\/p>\n

In his first public appearance since Buckingham Palace responded to claims made in a new memoir by Earl Spencer, King Charles spoke to tech industry leaders of the existential dangers posed by artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a summit at Dumfries House, the King urged executives from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Nvidia to ensure humanity remains sacred as AI advances.<\/p>\n

He has declined to comment further after his initial statement, in which the Palace said the King is \u201cmindful\u201d of how grief can colour memory.<\/p>\n

Nicole Wootton-Cane19 September 2026 17:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Watch: Royal expert questions timing of Earl Spencer book releaseRoyal expert questions timing of Earl Spencer book release<\/p>\n

Nicole Wootton-Cane19 September 2026 17:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>When is Earl Spencer’s book due to be released?<\/p>\n

Earl Spencer\u2019s book titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, is set to be released globally on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

However, the pages have been serialised by the Daily Mail, leaking some of the most explosive allegations ahead of publication.<\/p>\n

An interview with Diana\u2019s brother and BBC broadcaster Laura Kuenssberg will also be released on Sunday evening, in which more revelations are expected.<\/p>\n

Nicole Wootton-Cane19 September 2026 16:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Earl Spencer insists he is telling the \u2018truth\u2019 over King allegations<\/p>\n

Earl Spencer has insisted he is \u201ctelling the truth\u201d over the explosive allegation the King said \u201cwe\u2019ll forget her soon enough\u201d following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.<\/p>\n

Charles Spencer has made a series of damning claims about the King in a new memoir chronicling his sister Diana that prompted an \u201cunprecedented\u201d response from Buckingham Palace who said \u201cthe pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason\u201d.<\/p>\n

But in an extract of an interview with the BBC, Earl Spencer questioned whether the official response showed if the King was furious or embarrassed by the claim.<\/p>\n

Speaking about an alleged row over Diana\u2019s funeral arrangements involving her sons, the earl said: \u201c(The King) went ballistic, would be the right term, and started really going for my family as a whole, about their sense of duty, not being adequate enough, and ranted for a while, I have no idea how long, but it was a significant period, and I just listened.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then he stopped, and I thought, \u2018Oh now he\u2019s going to pull himself together and say something more appropriate\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then he said, \u2018We\u2019ll forget her soon enough\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked whether he has \u201cevidence\u201d of the King\u2019s comments, the earl told the BBC: \u201cI told friends and family straight away, close friends and family, about what had been said, because it was so monstrous.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI\u2019m telling the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicole Wootton-Cane19 September 2026 16:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Earl’s claims: Public reaction to Diana’s divorce was ‘main worry’<\/p>\n

In an excerpt from his memoir, Earl Spencer has said that the public\u2019s reaction was his \u201cmain worry\u201d when Diana shared that she was getting a divorce.<\/p>\n

In an extract from the bombshell book serialised by the Daily Mail, he described his conversation with Diana: “I was silent for a moment. I had known things were bad, but not this bad.”<\/p>\n

The earl said he then told his sister his “main worry” was the public because he worried that “they won’t forgive you”.<\/p>\n

“They’ve bought into a fairytale, and I reckon they may \u00adwell – wrongly – blame you for destroying their fantasy,” he told her.<\/p>\n

Nicole Wootton-Cane19 September 2026 15:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Charles Spencer\u2019s book is Diana\u2019s unfinished business \u2013 Harry\u2019s documentary will finish it<\/p>\n

As Buckingham Palace hits back at the claims of King Charles\u2019s reaction to the death of Diana, Dan Wakeford, former People editor and founder of the Celebrity Intelligence website, looks at why her brother is publishing his tell-all now, and how the next 12 months will be about settling scores.<\/p>\n

Nicole Wootton-Cane19 September 2026 15:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Charles Spencer\u2019s Princess Diana memoir stolen from lorry<\/p>\n

Copies of Charles Spencer<\/a>\u2019s new memoir about his sister Princess Diana<\/a> have been stolen from a lorry ahead of its release date, according to reports.<\/p>\n

The book, titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister<\/a>, is set to be released globally next Tuesday (22 September) \u2013 but copies have been snatched from a lorry in the Netherlands, with Dutch police reportedly investigating the break-in.<\/p>\n

A source told the Daily Mail<\/a>: \u201cIt’s extremely suspicious. Nothing like this has ever happened before. This is probably the biggest book of the year and the security surrounding it has been incredibly tight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicole Wootton-Cane19 September 2026 14:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Watch: King Charles issues rare response to Earl Spencer\u2019s Diana book claimsKing Charles issues rare response to Earl Spencer\u2019s Diana book claims<\/p>\n

Nicole Wootton-Cane19 September 2026 14:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Charles called Diana ‘chubby’ after engagement, claims Spencer’s memoir<\/p>\n

Diana suffered from an eating disorder which worsened after Charles called her \u201cchubby,\u201d Earl Spencer has claimed in his bombshell memoir.<\/p>\n

In an extract from his book, serialised in the Daily Mail, the Earl claims that ahead of his sister\u2019s wedding, Prince Charles had squeezed Diana\u2019s waist and said, \u201cOh, a bit chubby here, aren’t we?\u201d<\/p>\n

The earl said his sister found the comment “devastating,” later telling him that her “waist shrank from 29 to 23 and a half inches between her engagement and her marriage,” which were five months apart in 1981.<\/p>\n

Nicole Wootton-Cane19 September 2026 13:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Royal expert suspects \u2018collusion\u2019 and \u2018guilt\u2019 behind Earl Spencer\u2019s bombshell claims<\/p>\n

A war of words has broken out between the royal family and Princess Diana<\/a>\u2019s brother over allegations made in his upcoming memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister.<\/p>\n

Revelations from the book, serialised by the Daily Mail before it is published on Tuesday (22 September), have so far focused on the King\u2019s behaviour, from alleged statements he made to Diana before their marriage to the Earl’s claims about comments the King made to him before her funeral.<\/p>\n

Richard Fitzwilliams told The Independent he believes Earl Spencer is \u201chaunted \u2026 by demons of himself\u201d and that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had some part to play.<\/p>\n

\u201dTiming all this just so happens it’s just after Harry and Meghan have come back… The Sussexes, whether they actually saw the manuscript or what they knew about it, of course, I don’t know. But I’m absolutely certain that there was some form of collusion or appears to have been.\u201d<\/p>\n

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