Decades after Diana’s death King Charles lands himself in scalding waters: New Twist
King Charles’ statement in response to Charles’ Spencer – does not land like he wanted it to and here’s why
Diana’s legacy will live on it looks like. So much so that King Charles seems to have raised questions that were buried for decades at this point.
For those unversed with what all this is related to—it’s related to claims heard by Diana’s brother Charles Spencer days after her passing. The book by Diana's brother Earl Spencer claims, the then-Prince Charles told him “rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough.”
Given the public outcry her death caused, Buckingham Palace came out with a statement post haste that reads, “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.”
However, this seems to have done more harm than good, causing people like British broadcaster Jacob Rees-Mogg to wonder what the future might have in store for the King whose reign is being marred with bad press about his youngest son and even his brother.
In a chat with GB News he hypothesized the what the future will hold and claimed, “I suppose the question is: Is Lord Spencer really like Prince Harry, somebody who wishes to wash family laundry in public, the dirty linen in public, who has recollections that others don’t recognise, and wishes to damage a family which he is at least to some extent part of?”
“And the next question is,” he said, “does it damage the royal family? Those of us who remember 1997 will recall that the royal family, even our beloved late Queen, became unpopular at that period [around Diana’s death].” For those unversed, at the time the world was rife with fears that the public might just storm the Palace gates in their mourning.
Mr Rees-Mogg described it by saying, “the outpouring of grief, a nation that had always prided itself on its sangfroid and its stiff upper lip, suddenly became emotional with wailing and gnashing of teeth outside the palaces.”
But in any comparable situation in the past he recalled how the Queen handled it and said, “at that point, the late queen handled it beautifully and made a wonderful speech that calmed everything down.”
But that didn’t stop the conversation there, because after tipping his hat to the late queen he brought back the topic to Charles and asked, “does the King need to do that?”
“Will his words about Lord Spencer be sufficient, or is this another problem for the monarchy piled on top of the former Prince Andrew and, of course, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex now back stirring things up in the Cotswolds,” he pointed out in his concluding words.
