Buckingham Palace disputes Earl Spencer's claims in Diana memoir

Buckingham Palace has disputed claims made by Earl Spencer in his new book about his sister, Diana, Princess of Wales.

The book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, will be published next week. In it, Spencer says that King Charles, who was then Prince of Wales, spoke to him angrily after Diana died in 1997. Spencer claims Charles said "we'll forget her soon enough." He also says they disagreed about whether Princes William and Harry should walk in Diana's funeral procession.

The Palace responded by suggesting that grief may have affected Spencer's memory of those events.