Some grief grows, it does not diminish.  The collective grief for many, over Diana’s loss is still very raw. Especially for those who remember her life as a princess, as well as her death, we still feel the loss very keenly.
 
The king is a complicated person in many respects. How could he not be.  His treatment of Diana does not play well. It wasn’t what it could  have been. Nor does the marriage with three people in it.  It is a tragedy, no matter how you look at it.  I understand Earl Spencer’s grief. I lost my only sister to cancer in 1999. I still grieve in ways many don’t understand. Grief is very personal.

You mentioned that you thought that it was Diana who was unfaithful first in the marriage………have you forgotten that Charles and Camilla were “caught” on the Royal train the very night before his marriage to Diana.  Charles’s relationship with Camilla definitely preceded his marriage to Diana. I think that says it all

Re. the public mourning after the death of Diana it seemed to me at the time the blueprint was the Musical 'Evita'  There were many parallels not least the idolising of a figure people did not actually know on a personal level. Some elements of the public behaved quite badly in that they felt entitled to tell the family what they should feel and how they should grieve.

It all started with the Paorama interview in which Diana basically said that her then husband is not "king material".  That must have humiliated her then husband terribly.  Then during the mass at Westminster, Charles Spencer's talked down to the Windsor in his eulogy of Diana. He said that his sister Diana didn't need the HRH title to be a star to the people; it was to say to the world that the HRH is nothing compared to his sister's stardom.  It was a slap to the royals and their titles.  To revenge, Charles Windsor told Charles Spencer that Diana will be forgotten soon enough i.e the Spencers are nobody.  C. Spencer must think that his lineage is older than the Windsor. Someone who must know a lot about the British culture, said that the Spencer see the Windsor as vulgar people.  The result is another round of revenge: the tell all book to show how vulgar people the Windsor monarchy are.  I agree with the fact that the decision to strip the mother of a future king as not worthy of the HRH title is self centered and inconsiderate to her grandsons, Williams and Harry.  C. Spencer is correct.  Just look at the York.  They are beyond vulgar and Andrew's mother knew all about it.  The couple's behavior is worse than the average non royals or commons' behavior.  Charles Windsor's behavior towards Diana is also vulgar. According to Andrew Lownie, the queen husband's, prince Phillip had an affair with Fergie's mother.  You cannot beat that as far as vulgarity is concern.  The fact that both Elizabeth II and the future king Charles Windsor, have been covering up for Andrew the pedophile is unforgettable as a rotten monarchy.  Need I say more ?

Great insights. This man is gold.

He is writing now because of his age.  As a younger man you would not ask such a blindingly obvious question if you had any emtional intelligence.  I believe Charles Spencer is telling the truth, and he knows that time's winged chariot is coming ever nearer both for him and his protagonists.

Being ill does not spare you from legitimate attack, sorry

A very informative and good discussion

KCIII created his own problems. He really could have treated Diana humanely, he didn’t. He could have ended his marriage if he wasn’t happy without the infidelity. He could have treated Harry, visited him in America, invited them to England, he chose not to. He created his own negative reputation. Why wouldn’t the King live a more admirable life.

Oh wow see the new part on the shoulder

Vickers makes money out of the RF so obviously he will stick up for them I believe Spencer If Diana had not died in the crash Charles could only have remarried  if Diane had remarried first so her death was a godsend to PC It took a while for Charles to marry  Camilla because she wasn't and isn't liked by many of the public she isnt even liked by William and Harry

All things considered from this well spoken interview,would it not be apropos to consider the social dynamics of Windsorish fragility in the mal treatment of Diana Spencer as she did in fact possess a superior and more ancient English bloodline to theirs which would,according to their own hierarchical measurings cause some existential insecurity in her magnetic and sparkling presence,prompting the subsequent and systemic active measures of personal humiliations and degradations to which she was and still is subjected even after her passing? Be they so high,the Royals are not above human nature and the sins which emit from its varied ensigns. It is undeniable that the establishment around Diana was deeply threatened by her confidence and probity as well as her loving ease among her own native people. God bless her progeny ❤ and God bless England-

Why not now?

I thoroughly enjoyed this interview. Pertinent questions & balanced answers makes this program one of its kind on the Swan Song .

Prince Charles was not a good husband and I think he could have well and truely said it. The man has no feelings. He covered for his brother and still is and he was good friends with jimmy Saville. The queen also covered for Andrew. They do not care about the average person. Was Diana perfect , no, but she was so young. They should have done better.

All royal PR Tom, dick & butlers have written books about Diana, why not her brother. I BELIEVE EARL SPENCER & will read the book…… and who would have guessed the suspected bi-sexual in the palace ? Diana will continue to haunt Charles, Camilla & Palace  from  beyond the grave

❤very informative,balanced and well presented program.Who better than Hugo Vickers to opine on the book.Hasan Ali has done an excellent job.

Diana is likely to have said the then Prince Charles was in love with his valet as a way of saying "anyone but me!" ..not implying a homosexual relationship

Apparently it has been said that King Charles actually said we will get her back soon. Who knows!!!!

Swansong is the dance of the dying Swan by Tchaikovsky. Her death by accident with a remarkably long drive to the hospital on French soil got us all godsmacked. “Rest assured we will forget her soon enough” The Queen came too late to London, her HRH title was taken away from her. A family losing it’s diamond on their Crown and turning a blind eye to it. Thank you mr. Spencer 🦢.