Royal Family LIVE: Fresh claims emerge as Princess Diana’s brother to give bombshell interview

Earl Spencer will speak with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg later today (Picture: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire)

King Charles reportedly seemed ‘elated’ on the day of Princess Diana’s death, according to her brother.

Earl Spencer has released a series of damning claims about the Royal Family in a new book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, set for release next week.

In the wake of the late Princess of Wales’ death in 1997, at the age of 36, Earl Spencer said the now-king was one of many callers to offer their condolences.

But the conversation with Charles was a little different. to others. ‘Unlike my other callers, who were stunned, barely able to articulate their condolences and offers of help, he sounded giddily elated – like a lottery winner, I remember thinking at the time,’ he wrote.

‘He let me know he had informed William and Harry of their mother’s death, first thing that morning, in their bedrooms at Balmoral. It all sounded strangely matter-of-fact, given the enormity of the disaster.’

This is just one of a handful of explosive claims made by Earl Spencer in recent days.

In extracts published by the Daily Mail, he also claimed the King had said his ex-wife – from whom he split in 1992 before their divorce was finalised the year before her death – would soon be forgotten.

And speaking with Laura Kuenssberg in an upcoming BBC interview, he compared Harry and Meghan’s treatment during their time as working royals to his sister’s.

As fresh bombshell claims emerge, Metro is keeping up with all the latest updates about the unfolding saga here.

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