War with Buckingham Palace over the explosive memoir about Lady Di written by her brother, Earl Charles Spencer, and previewed in excerpts by the Daily Mail ahead of its book release under the title “The Swan Song - Diana, my sister”.

In particular, for a phrase that King Charles, then a prince, reportedly said to him on the phone after the princess's death in 1997: "We will forget her soon enough." Hence the response from the Palace in recent days, addressed to Earl Spencer: "The grief of losing a sister can cloud reason." In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Diana's brother replied: "I can tell you right here and now, those are exactly the words Charles said," before adding that the court's harsh response was prompted by a certain embarrassment.

Meanwhile, other revelations continue to be published: in the latest, the royal family is accused of failing to adequately care for Harry after his mother's death when the prince was 12, thus letting him spiral "out of control." The Duke of Sussex's uncle said he was "worried" for his nephew already in the days following the princess's funeral. "He needed Diana's hugs and would be deprived of them forever," the Earl emphasized. And again: "He seemed so alone in his desperation and torment."

And then the new criticism leveled at her father, King Charles, and those around Harry: "A more caring hand" could perhaps have helped him cope with growing up. Spencer refers to the difficulties the "rebellious" prince encountered in his youth and his problematic relationship with the Windsors, culminating in his break from the royal family and his move to the US in 2020, followed by his recent return to the United Kingdom. The book also states that in the last years of her life, Diana drove several times to the cliffs of Beachy Head in East Sussex, thinking of "ending it all," and was only stopped by her love for her children. Spencer also recounts that, a few days after the engagement was announced, Charles squeezed her waist and said, "A bit chubby here, aren't you?"—a comment that Diana, who struggled with bulimia, described as "devastating."

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