Charles III, in open war against his former brother-in-law, Charles Spencer, who accuses him of having said that Diana would be "forgotten soon"

BarcelonaThe war between Charles Spencer, brother of Lady Di, and Charles of England has never been fully closed and it reopens cyclically. This week a new fracture has occurred between the former brothers-in-law due to the memoirs that Spencer will publish next week and which are titled Swan song: Diana, my sister (Swan song: Diana, my sister). The motive for the conflict between the king and the aristocrat is a controversial fragment of the book that has already been read in the Daily Mail. In this fragment, Spencer assures that in the days following Diana's death the then-prince asserted that the one known as the people's princess, who suffered a fatal accident in August 1997, would soon be forgotten.

Spencer claims that after Diana's death he argued with Charles, who was then already separated from his wife, over the Palace's decision that the couple's two children should walk behind the coffin during the funeral procession. In this discussion, Spencer stated that his sister would not have agreed with the decision, which was a very hard experience for teenagers of 15 and 12 years old. Faced with this, according to Spencer's version, the future king, very angry, replied: "Rest assured, we will forget her soon". For Spencer, Charles's reaction was a sign of the contempt he felt towards his ex-wife.

After this frontal attack, Buckingham Palace, in an unusual move, has decided to make public a statement in which it denies Spencer's claims. "Although, as a matter of principle, we do not comment on books, His Majesty is aware that the pain of losing a sibling can cloud reason, affect judgment and condition memory in a way that others do not perceive, even many years after such a loss", says the text from the English royal house.