Earl Spencer stands by claims King Charles dismissed Diana after death

Earl Spencer has doubled down on his claim that King Charles made dismissive remarks about Princess Diana shortly after her death, insisting in a BBC interview that he is "telling the truth" about the alleged phone call. The Earl's new memoir, "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister," has prompted an unprecedented response from Buckingham Palace, which suggested that grief may have affected Spencer's memory. In the memoir, Spencer alleges that in the days following Diana's death in August 1997, Prince Charles told him "we'll forget her soon enough" during an argument about whether Princes William and Harry should walk behind their mother's coffin in the funeral procession. Spencer claims Charles "unleashed down the phone what I have always taken to be his pent-up contempt for Diana." Speaking from his Althorp estate, Spencer told the BBC he was "hyper alert" during the call, which he says was one of only two he ever had with Charles. "I can tell you here and now, those are exactly the words he said," Spencer stated. He added that he told family and friends about the remark at the time because it was "so monstrous.