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Earl Spencer is standing by his claim that King Charles told him days after Diana's death, "Rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough" — insisting "those are exactly the words he said" — while Buckingham Palace's response never actually denied it, instead suggesting grief has clouded Spencer's memory. One royal commentator called the Palace's move "a terribly misguided mistake." Is Spencer telling an uncomfortable truth almost 30 years later, or dredging up a moment the King never actually confirmed?

In his new memoir 'Swan Song,' Diana's brother Charles, Earl Spencer, wrote that then-Prince Charles told him in a phone call days after Diana's 1997 death, "Rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough — Spencer's telling the truth 0%, Grief may be distorting it 100%, The Palace's silence says enough 0% (1 vote so far).