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AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Charles Spencer's Diana memoir levels grave accusations at King Charles and the royal family

Earl Charles Spencer's new memoir about Princess Diana accuses King Charles of callous indifference after her death, and Buckingham Palace has already fired back with a rare public statement. The book, titled "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister," drops September 22 and contains a string of damaging claims about the British royal family, from alleged cruelty […] The post Charles Spencer's Diana memoir levels grave accusations at King Charles and the royal family appeared first on American Almanac .

Earl Charles Spencer's new memoir about Princess Diana accuses King Charles of callous indifference after her death, and Buckingham Palace has already fired back with a rare public statement. The book, titled "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister," drops September 22 and contains a string of damaging claims about the British royal family, from alleged cruelty in the aftermath of Diana's 1997 death in Paris to accusations of emotional neglect toward her young sons. USA TODAY reported on the memoir's most significant allegations, which Spencer, Diana's younger brother, says he is sharing publicly for the first time. The most incendiary claim centers on a phone call Spencer says he received from the then-Prince of Wales in the days after Diana was…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Prince Harry knew about Earl Spencer's explosive Diana memoir but never read it

Earl Spencer's forthcoming book claims King Charles told him Princess Diana would be "forgotten soon enough" days after her death, and Buckingham Palace has broken its own protocol to push back. The memoir, titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, is set for worldwide publication on September 22 through Penguin Michael Joseph. In its pages, the […] The post Prince Harry knew about Earl Spencer's explosive Diana memoir but never read it appeared first on American Almanac .

Earl Spencer's forthcoming book claims King Charles told him Princess Diana would be "forgotten soon enough" days after her death, and Buckingham Palace has broken its own protocol to push back. The memoir, titled Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, is set for worldwide publication on September 22 through Penguin Michael Joseph. In its pages, the 62-year-old earl describes a phone call he says he received from Charles, then the Prince of Wales, in the days between Diana's death on August 31, 1997, and her funeral on September 6. The Daily Mail published the first details from the book, setting off a rapid and unusually blunt response from the Palace. Spencer writes that Charles phoned him in a fury, questioning the Spencer family's sense of…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Buckingham Palace fires back after Diana's brother accuses King Charles of contempt for the late princess

Buckingham Palace issued a rare and pointed public statement rebuking allegations by Princess Diana's brother that King Charles dismissed her memory days before her 1997 funeral, a charge the Palace suggests is distorted by decades of grief. Earl Charles Spencer's forthcoming book, "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister," contains an explosive claim: that the then-Prince of […] The post Buckingham Palace fires back after Diana's brother accuses King Charles of contempt for the late princess appeared first on American Almanac .

Buckingham Palace issued a rare and pointed public statement rebuking allegations by Princess Diana's brother that King Charles dismissed her memory days before her 1997 funeral, a charge the Palace suggests is distorted by decades of grief. Earl Charles Spencer's forthcoming book, "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister," contains an explosive claim: that the then-Prince of Wales hissed, "Rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough!" in a phone call with Spencer in the days before Diana's funeral. The allegation, first published in a Daily Mail excerpt on September 16 , prompted a response from the Palace that multiple outlets described as unusually forceful for an institution that typically declines to comment on books. A Buckingham Palace…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Sarah Ferguson weighs television interview offers after return to UK

Sarah Ferguson is reportedly considering approaches for a televised interview as she returns to Britain after months abroad, raising questions about royal privacy and the appetite for public confessions. Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, has returned to Britain after spending seven months overseas and is now reportedly the subject of intense interest from […] The post Sarah Ferguson weighs television interview offers after return to UK appeared first on American Almanac .

Sarah Ferguson is reportedly considering approaches for a televised interview as she returns to Britain after months abroad, raising questions about royal privacy and the appetite for public confessions. Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, has returned to Britain after spending seven months overseas and is now reportedly the subject of intense interest from television producers eager for her to tell her side of recent controversies. Multiple sources cited by The Sun and the Daily Mail describe Ferguson as being “bombarded with requests from all over the world to do sit-down interviews, especially with the big streamers, to tell her side of the story.” Yet, as of now, no interview has been scheduled or confirmed, and Ferguson…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Oprah Winfrey faces backlash for failing to press Meghan Markle's claims in 2021 royal interview

Oprah Winfrey is drawing fresh criticism for her handling of the 2021 Meghan Markle sit-down after a new video showed the broadcaster defending her softball approach, a move royal watchers say only highlights how little she challenged the Duchess's most disputed claims. Winfrey appeared on Vanity Fair's "Scene Selection" show on July 15, rewatching clips […] The post Oprah Winfrey faces backlash for failing to press Meghan Markle's claims in 2021 royal interview appeared first on American Almanac .

Oprah Winfrey is drawing fresh criticism for her handling of the 2021 Meghan Markle sit-down after a new video showed the broadcaster defending her softball approach, a move royal watchers say only highlights how little she challenged the Duchess's most disputed claims. Winfrey appeared on Vanity Fair's "Scene Selection" show on July 15, rewatching clips from her three-and-a-half-hour interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, which aired on CBS in March 2021. In the new video, she zeroed in on one of the interview's most quoted moments, when she asked Meghan, "Were you silent or were you silenced?", and offered a defense that struck many viewers as years too late. Meghan's answer in 2021 was immediate: "The latter." She told Winfrey…Open