Earl Spencer, the younger brother of the late Princess Diana, has shared revealing details about the Queen’s gestures following Diana’s death in his new book, ‘Swan Song, Diana, my sister’. The Earl expresses scepticism about the late Queen Elizabeth II’s offer to reinstate Diana’s ‘Her Royal Highness’ (HRH) title after her passing, describing it as a ‘consolation prize’.
Diana lost the HRH style in 1996 following her divorce from King Charles after 15 years of marriage and was thereafter known as ‘Diana, Princess of Wales’.
In his book, Earl Spencer recounts a private moment aboard the Royal train travelling to the Spencer family estate in Northamptonshire, when the Queen’s private secretary, Robert Fellowes, informed him of the Queen’s wish to restore Diana’s HRH title posthumously. The Earl replied: “That’s very kind of the Queen, of course. But what’s the point, Robert? Now? I mean – Diana’s dead.”
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This revelation adds to a series of claims by Earl Spencer concerning Diana’s relationship with the Royal Family. Recently, Buckingham Palace issued an uncommon statement addressing comments made about the King.
Earl Spencer alleged that after Diana’s sudden death in a 1997 Paris car crash, Charles remarked, ‘rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough’. In response, the Palace stated: “While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss.”
Additionally, Earl Spencer claimed that Charles appeared as if he had become a ‘lottery winner’ upon hearing of his ex-wife’s death, and disclosed that both Diana and Charles harboured reservations about their marriage prior to their 1981 wedding.
These insights provide a poignant and complex perspective on the dynamics within the Royal Family surrounding one of its most iconic figures.