Charles Spencer claims Prince Harry is 'completely fine' about Diana's memoir

Charles Spencer's Diana memoir put Prince William and Harry in the spotlight.

Speaking with People Magazine at Althorp, Diana's younger brother revealed that he kept it secret from most of the people about writing the memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, except his wife, Cat Spencer and “the people who had to know in the book world.”

Looking back at the time when he eventually told his sisters, Lady Sarah Spencer and Lady Jane Spencer, the memoirist said, “I think they were very surprised. They hadn’t seen it coming.”

Moreover, the author revealed that the news was told to Prince William and Prince Harry at the same time as his sisters, saying, “So all four of them [William and Harry and Sarah and Jane], I told them exactly the same time. And I can say that Harry is completely fine about it.”

He further said that Prince Harry hoped the memoir contained “nothing embarrassing” about him.

Spencer added, “I said, ‘There isn’t.’ ”

Noting, “I think it’s natural that people so in the public eye are concerned how they will come across in the book. But I could reassure both of them that they’re, of course, in the book, but really as examples of two little boys who had the most exceptional mother, I’m not in any way compromising their privacy at all.”

Further talking about king charles, Spencer said that he left a lot out of the book, “I mean, I don’t want this to sound loaded, but there was an awful lot I could have put in and I didn’t. If I wanted to write a scandalous book about Prince Charles or King Charles as he is now, it would really be a jaw-dropper, but I’m not here to do that.”

Spencer said that his sisters were hurt by his decision to keep the memoir a secret from them, saying, “I think they were hurt that I hadn’t told them, to be honest.”

“I said, ‘I was going to hurt you either way, because I was either going to tell you and still write it how I wanted it. It wasn’t going to be a committee effort.’ ”

He noted, “I wanted them to be able to put their hand up and say, ‘Well, we didn’t know he was doing it,’ in case there’s backlash or whatever. So they’re totally innocent parties in this. This is very much a brother’s view.”

He went on to say, “The aim of this book is to tell the truth about Diana from her brother’s perspective, just as I attempted to do when speaking at her funeral.”

“As with my eulogy, I want to speak on Diana’s behalf and do so in an openly positive way,” Spencer further added.

It is pertinent to mention here that Princess Diana died on August 31, 1997.