Charles was apparently giddily elated at Diana's death

I think the issue was there was no push back from the RF about that, if it were me, a stern announcement would have been made that 2 young kids had just lost their mother and Scotland was right where they were going to stay until the funeral and that was that.

I get this a lot, I have a gurney expressive face that for some reason is usually the 'incorrect' face for what Im actually feeling.

I dont believe a word of this.

I doubt KC was elated that the mother of his children was dead.

We can’t know what he felt. But whatever he felt, it seems highly, highly unlikely that someone who spent their whole life practicing composure would let a comment like that rip to their ex-brother in law.

It’s not really credible, is it?

Charles Spencer has a long history of being self serving and callus towards his family.

Yep and more bowing and scraping to these awful people for God knows how many more generations.

How relevant is it now? Raking over old coals for what? It's so gross. Let her rest in peace.

Regardless of what KC may or may not have said Earl Spencer is a horrible grubby little man trying to make money from the death of a woman and doesn’t care that this will likely upset her living children - his nephew.

An utterly reprehensible individual.

Chaz probably did say it. He's a bad tempered old f##t just like his father

Whatever your views about Harry, even he has written about his compassion for Charles in the days following Diana's death - particularly the way in which he broke the news to Harry when he woke him to tell him. He paints a picture of shock, and the realisation that it must have been incredibly difficult to break that awful news to his sons. Given how emotionally restrained Charles's reaction to his sons was, I find it hard to believe he'd have had the capacity to be elated.

Who was bailed out to the tune of £12 million and why was this?

The Palace has to deny it (obviously) but let's not forget it was a public outcry that made the Queen return to London after Diana's death. The optics of lounging around in Balmoral were not good. Also the beloved Queen then bails out her son to the tune of 12 million pounds. Maybe Charles didn't say anything but Phillip didn't hold back at times and maybe a chance comment slipped out. The RF aren't great on empathy,

'Giddily elated' is a strange turn of phrase. It's all strange.

YAB so U

There's a whole board for this shite

He's not the Earl of Spencer, he's the Earl of Althorp.

I well remember that death and Charles wasn’It “giddily elated”. He went to Paris and escorted her body home . He did what the father of any two children who have just lost their beloved mother should do. He looked very serious and shocked as I recall.

I knew it wouldnt be long untill somehow a poster Harry was shoe horned into it

It will all soon be somehow Meghans fault.

Poor William, I think there is a chance Harry will want to beleive it. And also be thinking at least someone else is writing a salacious novel to cash in and will take the pressure off him.

He’s cashing in on his sisters memory, and pulling a Harry in making it scandalous. I don’t beleive for one moment Charles was elated and I don’t believe Diana would want that said.

i get he likely needs or wants the money but absolute shame on him.

i think Harry is also doing some project to cash in on his mother, such grubby distasteful shameful behaviour.

I remember my DB smiling as he informed me of our DGM'S death. Even at the age of 14, I knew it was because he was in shock.

Conspiracies aside, I’m no royalist but I don’t think anyone can criticise his immediate reaction to such startling news, whatever it was in reality.

Have you all never responded inappropriately to bad news?

And her brother may have felt that was how Charles was feeling but it’s only his opinion. I have an awful boss and I always think the very worse of her - mostly I’m right to, but not always 🤣

Also this. Despicable behaviour from a bitter, angry little individual who refuses to let his beautiful sister Diana's memory rest. How nasty he is. Poor William and Harry, having to put up with a vile uncle like him.

This. There are multiple threads on this already.

And I don't believe a word that man (Charles Spencer) says.

As @Housewife2010 said· (Today 07:51)

Charles Spencer is a bitter, vindictive man who has had to pay out for several expensive divorces and the maintenance of a huge estate. He didn't go to his daughters' weddings and wouldn't allow Diana to have a post divorce bolt hole on his Althorp estate.

William has asked that his mother's memory be left to rest yet his uncle has taken advantage of the upcoming thirtieth anniversary of her death to publish his salacious book. I'm going to take his revelations with several kilos of salt.

Couldn't have put it better myself.

By publishing this exploitative book, Charles Spencer is behaving no differently to a thug who lands a punch outside a pub after too many pints. Death provokes all sorts of reactions in people and it's easy to judge. Well done Charles Spencer for stoking all of this up for your nephews and sisters.

My mother was over the fucking moon when her first husband died. Got straight on the phone to her solicitor to make sure the Decree Absolute didn't go through (she'd just received the Decree Nisi) and laughed her head off that she'd 'won'.

However, she didn't do that in front of their shared children and there would have been absolutely no good purpose or outcome in telling them about it at any point afterwards.