29 years after her death: Diana's brother reveals the conversation with Charles

Princess Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, reveals in his new book that King Charles sounded "giddily excited" and "like a lottery winner" in a conversation he had with him shortly after her death in a car accident in Paris in 1997. Spencer claims that Charles's reaction stemmed from the thought that her death might free him and allow him to marry the woman he loved. The palace previously responded to earlier claims from the book, stating that grief can affect logic, judgment, and memory.

Charles Spencer, the brother of Princess Diana, reveals a harsh claim about King Charles's reaction to her death in his new book 'Swan Song: Diana, My Sister'. In excerpts published in the Daily Mail on Thursday, Spencer describes a conversation he had with Charles, then Prince of Wales, shortly after Diana's death in a car accident in Paris in 1997. According to Spencer, while others sounded shocked and struggled to express condolences, Charles sounded "giddily excited" and "like a lottery winner". Spencer believes his reaction stemmed from the thought that her death might "free him" and allow him to marry the woman he loved. The book is expected to be published in the coming days and has already caused a stir in Britain. Buckingham Palace previously responded to other claims from the book, stating that grief can affect logic, judgment, and memory. In additional excerpts, Spencer addresses Diana's state in her final years, claiming she considered ending her life several times but her love for her sons stopped her. Diana was killed at age 36 in a car accident in Paris while traveling with her partner Dodi Al-Fayed and trying to escape paparazzi. Charles and Diana separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996. In 2005, Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles.