Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer, publishes fresh claims in a new book that King Charles III was “giddily elated” during a phone call after Diana’s death. The outlets report Spencer describes the then-prince’s reaction as unusually upbeat, using comparisons such as “like a lottery winner.” The claim is linked to the night of the Princess of Wales’s car crash in 1997.
BBC News and other reports say Buckingham Palace issues a rare rebuke in response to the latest excerpts. The outlets describe the allegations as part of Spencer’s ongoing public criticisms and note that extract details are being circulated through publication arrangements cited by the reporting, including releases carried by the Daily Mail. While the sources focus on the same core allegation and the palace’s response, the emphasis differs: coverage ranges from the specific wording attributed to Charles to the broader sense of an intensifying “royal row.”
