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Buckingham Palace pushes back on Spencer book claims
By The BriefBrief · Sources (11)
Filed: Sep 17, 2026 at 9:05 AM ET
UPDATED Sep 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM ET
Summary: Buckingham Palace strongly rejected claims made in a new book by Charles Spencer, the late Princess of Wales’s brother. The book includes assertions about Charles being “giddily elated” after Diana died, which the palace said are false.
WHO: Buckingham Palace
WHAT: Strongly pushed back against claims in a new book by Charles Spencer about Charles’s reaction after Diana died.
WHEN: Sep 17, 2026 at 2:56 PM ET
WHERE: United Kingdom
WHY: The palace was responding to claims in Charles Spencer’s new book about events following Diana’s death.
Sources (11):
ABC Australia,
ABC News,
BBC News,
CBS News,
CNN World,
Fox News,
Global News Canada,
NBC News,
South China Morning Post,
Straits Times,
The Hindu
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