King Charles was ‘giddily elated’ after Diana’s death, her brother says
Then-Prince Charles sounded ‘like a lottery winner’ because he felt freed to marry again, Earl Spencer writes in new book
Britain’s King Charles sounded “like a lottery winner” after the death of his late first wife Diana, her brother writes in his forthcoming book, new extracts of which were published on Thursday.
Diana’s brother Charles Spencer said the then-Prince Charles was “giddily elated” in the immediate aftermath of Diana’s death in 1997, possibly because he felt it meant he was freer to marry again, according to passages in the Daily Mail.
Spencer also claimed that in another conversation days after her death, the future king told him: “Rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough”.
Charles on Wednesday took the unusual step of responding to criticism after the first extracts of Spencer’s book were published in the Daily Mail, saying via a spokesman that grief could impact reason, judgment and memory.