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The Earl's upcoming memoir has made some astonishing accusations against the King
Royal fans have been left bemused after a clip of Earl Charles Spencer has resurfaced online in which he appears to claim "nothing nasty has ever been said to him" about Princess Diana's death by King Charles.
The 62-year-old has made some remarkable allegations against the monarch in his new memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, which is currently being serialised in the Daily Mail.
Some of those include the monarch allegedly telling Earl Spencer just days after Diana's death: "Rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough."
The King is also claimed to have been left "giddily elated" upon hearing of the death of Diana, while on the eve of his wedding to the late Princess of Wales, the future King is said to have told her "he was very happy to marry her, but he was not actually in love with her."
Naturally, Buckingham Palace issued a stern statement in response, saying that "fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory".
However, an unearthed clip of the Earl speaking to Larry King shortly after his sister's funeral seems to have left royal fans baffled.
In the clip, the famed American TV host asked Earl Spencer whether Charles spoke to him following his eulogy at the funeral - which has since gone down as one of the greatest speeches of a generation.
"Not about the speech, no, but he was perfectly polite all day," the Earl said on Larry King Live. "We all caught the train from London together to go to the burial at my family home".
But the 62-year-old added: "Nothing nasty has ever been said about it by him to me."
It has left royal fans confused by the contrast between his nonchalance in the interview in 1997 and his explosive claims in his upcoming memoir.
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A third noted that the Earl has "certainly changed his tune."
Others were keen to note, however, that the Earl was referring to the days following Diana's funeral, and not those immediately after her death, which he specifically references in his memoir.
"He's clearly talking about the speech at the funeral. Not what was told to him when making arrangements," one user retorted.
Nevertheless, the resurfaced clip has caused a stir amongst royal circles - much like the first extracts of the shocking memoir, which is to be released on Tuesday, September 22.
While Buckingham Palace refused to comment further following Thursday's damning allegations, a spokesman did issue a strong statement on Wednesday evening.
"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 colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss," a spokesman said.
