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The Palace has broken its “never complain, never explain” mantra to hit back at claims from Earl Spencer’s new book, “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister.” The book is out next Tuesday in both the UK and the US….and this was the best possible free publicity Spencer could have gotten 🫣 In his memoir, Spencer (Princess Diana’s youngest sibling) makes the explosive claim that King Charles told him, “Rest assured, we’ll forget Diana soon enough” in a phone call days after her death at age 36 in August 1997. Little over an hour after the Daily Mail had published its first extract online, a statement was issued, which read: “While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and color memory in ways others do not recognize, even many years after such a loss.” It’s right up there with Queen Elizabeth II’s “recollections may vary” in response to allegations from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in their Oprah Winfrey interview. But did the palace… kind of get played here? This excerpt from Earl Spencer’s book is part of a serialization: the buzziest, most sensational part of the work released to the media ahead of publication to drum up publicity. And what better publicity is there for a royal-adjacent book than a salty comment from Buckingham Palace itself? ☕️ #royalnews #royaltea #kingcharles #princessdiana #charlesanddiana