{"id":852945,"date":"2026-09-19T06:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T06:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/852945\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T06:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T06:19:45","slug":"royal-family-news-live-late-queen-had-tetchy-reaction-to-princess-diana-car-crash-earl-spencer-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/852945\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal family news live: Late Queen had \u2018tetchy\u2019 reaction to Princess Diana car crash, Earl Spencer claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Everything Earl Spencer said in his latest memoir passage<\/p>\n

Further damaging claims about King Charles have been made in the latest excerpt from Earl Spencer\u2019s book on Friday.<\/p>\n

Princess Diana\u2019s brother has insisted he is \u201ctelling the truth\u201d as he faces backlash from Buckingham Palace over his allegations.<\/p>\n

In his latest passage, the Earl has said a \u201clack of obvious care for Harry\u201d following Diana\u2019s death allowed him to \u201cspin out of control\u201d.<\/p>\n

He also questioned why Charles was at Princess Diana\u2019s funeral following their divorce the previous year, saying: \u201cThis ex-husband, from a marriage that had collapsed so bitterly\u2026 surely had no place at his ex\u2019s funeral.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earl Spencer also wrote of how the late Queen reacted \u201ctetchily\u201d to the news that Princess Diana had been in a car crash before she knew the severity of the situation.<\/p>\n

He claimed that some royal family members had \u201ctaken delight\u201d in the removal of Diana\u2019s HRH title.<\/p>\n

In an interview with BBC aired on Friday, he suggested Charles was \u201cembarrassed\u201d about comments he made to the Earl in the days after Diana\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Asked about Buckingham Palace\u2019s response that \u201cgrief can cloud reason\u201d, Earl Spencer told the BBC: \u201cIs he (Charles) furious, or is he embarrassed? Because I can tell you, here and now, those are exactly the words he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve only ever had two calls on the line with Prince Charles at any stage of my life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was hyper-alert to what he was saying, and those are precisely the words he said, and I promise that to you now, genuinely, that is what he said.\u201cI don\u2019t hear him saying he didn\u2019t say that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harriette Boucher19 September 2026 07:00<\/p>\n

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Harriette Boucher19 September 2026 06:00<\/p>\n

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<\/a>King went ‘ballistic’ during funeral procession row<\/p>\n

Earl Spencer has claimed the King went \u201cballistic\u201d before telling him \u201crest assured, we\u2019ll forget her soon enough\u201d, days after Diana\u2019s death in 1997.<\/p>\n

In an earlier excerpt, he wrote about how he fought plans for William and Harry to walk behind their mother\u2019s coffin during the funeral procession, which caused a \u201cstream of anger\u201d from the King.<\/p>\n

He told BBC: \u201cHe 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 gonna pull himself together and say something more appropriate\u2019, and then he said, \u2018We\u2019ll forget her soon enough\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI really was so stunned, and I just, after a stunned silence, I said, \u2018I cannot believe you just said that\u2019, and I hung up on him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harriette Boucher19 September 2026 03:00<\/p>\n

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<\/a>ICYMI: Queen reacted ‘tetchily’ to news of Diana’s car crash<\/p>\n

Earl Spencer has claimed the late Queen reacted \u201ctetchily\u201d to the news that Princess Diana had been in a car crash before she knew of the severity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Queen had heard the first news of Diana\u2019s being in a traffic accident, she had asked tetchily, \u2018What is she up to now?\u2019 This, before the seriousness of it all became clear,\u201d he wrote in his memoir.<\/p>\n

The Earl added: \u201cAfter Diana\u2019s death the Queen said she wanted Diana\u2019s coffin to be placed in the royal burial ground at Frogmore, near Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut my family was determined that Diana must come home to Althorp. We knew she would have wanted to do so. Besides, having had her HRH title removed as part of the package of humiliation handed to her at her divorce, almost a year to the day before her death, Diana was no longer eligible for royal Frogmore.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an excerpt released yesterday, he claimed that the Queen considered restoring his sister\u2019s Her Royal Highness title, which she lost when she divorced Charles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe removal of Diana\u2019s title had hurt her. The loss was designed to emphasise to her, and the world, that her royal days were over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harriette Boucher19 September 2026 01:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Earl Spencer’s comments about late Queen are ‘incredibly unpleasant’<\/p>\n

Earl Spencer\u2019s latest comment about the Queen are \u201cincredibly unpleasant\u201d, a royal commentator has said. <\/p>\n

In his most recent memoir excerpt release on Friday, the Earl said the late Queen reacted \u201ctetchily\u201d to the news that Princess Diana had been in a car crash before she knew of the severity.<\/p>\n

Asked if it sounded correct, Jennie Bond said told Sky News: \u201cLook, I don\u2019t know. This is the brother of Diana giving his version of what went on in his memory, but it is incredibly unpleasant.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is forthright in his condemnation of Charles and now questioning the Queen’s attitude to it all.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find it incredibly hostile of Earl Spencer to do this. It is brutal, really, and I don\u2019t know what his motive is and I cannot think who is going to benefit,\u201d she said, adding: \u201cWell, obviously his wallet will.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is the point of raking over this tragedy nearly 30 years on. It\u2019s certainly isn\u2019t I don’t think what William and Harry would want.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harriette Boucher19 September 2026 00:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>‘We’re not going to know who is telling the truth’, says royal commentator<\/p>\n

The public is \u201cjust not going to know\u201d who is being truthful after Earl Spencer claimed that the King said Diana would be forgotten after she died, a royal commentator has stated.<\/p>\n

Earl Spencer insisted he was \u201ctelling the truth\u201d in an interview with BBC on Friday following backlash from Buckingham Palace. <\/p>\n

Reacting to the claims, Jennie Bond said: \u201cThe big question now is whether anyone is going to come forward and corroborate his version of what went on and what was said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf that happens, that is big trouble for the palace because essentially Earl Spencer is accusing his former brother-in-law of lying.\u201d<\/p>\n

It comes after Buckingham Palace responded to the Earl\u2019s claims, saying that the King is mindful that \u201cgrief can cloud reason\u201d.<\/p>\n

Asked about the \u201cunprecedented\u201d statement from the palace, Earl Spencer said: \u201cWell, is he furious? Is he furious or is he embarrassed?.<\/p>\n

He added that the palace had not denied his claims.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’ve sort of smudged that one, haven’t they? They’ve said that recollections may vary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harriette Boucher18 September 2026 23:12<\/p>\n

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