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Diana’s brother says Charles sounded ‘giddily elated’ after her death

Buckingham Palace remains gripped in drama as excerpts of Princess Diana’s brother’s book continues to be dripped into the public domain, ahead of its official release next week. Grouped from 4 articles across 4 sources.

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NBC NewsSep 18, 2026, 12:10 PM

Diana’s brother says Charles sounded ‘giddily elated’ after her death

Buckingham Palace remains gripped in drama as excerpts of Princess Diana’s brother’s book continues to be dripped into the public domain, ahead of its official release next week.

The Straits TimesSep 17, 2026, 5:43 PM

‘Giddily elated’: King Charles sounded like ‘lottery winner’ after Diana’s death, her brother writes

In his book, Charles Spencer also stated that Diana went to a site of many suicides on Britain's south coast.

The GuardianSep 17, 2026, 6:47 PM

Charles sounded 'giddily elated' after Diana’s death, claims Earl Spencer

In latest extracts from upcoming memoir, Diana’s brother suggests some in Buckingham Palace were ‘relieved’ at her death The brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, has claimed in published extracts of his new memoir that King Charles sounded “giddily elated – like a lottery winner” in a phone call to him immediately after her death. Earl Spencer also says he believed Buckingham Palace wanted William and Harry and himself to walk behind Diana’s coffin because the then Prince Charles was “adamant” he was going to walk and palace officials feared “members of the public might shout abuse at him”. Continue reading...

ABC AustraliaSep 17, 2026, 7:01 PM

Charles 'giddily elated' on night Diana was killed, her brother claims

Princess Diana's brother has accused King Charles III of sounding "giddily elated, like a lottery winner" on the night his ex-wife was killed in a car crash almost three decades ago.

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