Earl Spencer says he backs both nephews and hopes William and Harry reconcile
Charles Spencer, Earl Spencer, says he hopes his nephews Prince William and Prince Harry will end their rift one day.
The younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, made the comment in a BBC interview with Laura Kuenssberg to promote his new book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, Hello Magazine. He would help either one. He does not take sides.
Spencer said there are a lot of reasons on both sides for the brothers' relationship reaching its current stage. He addressed a media perception that he backs Prince Harry. He said he is on the side of both of his late sister's sons.
"I would be equally there for either of them if they wanted anything," he said. He added that he does not get involved in one camp or the other.
He also spoke about Prince Harry's security. Spencer said he personally worries about the fifth in line to the throne, who served in the military, not having police protection. That description points to Prince Harry, the younger son of King Charles III and Diana.
The title carries a farewell. Spencer said one reason the book is called Swan Song is because it is his sign-off as Diana's brother and his final take on the situation, BBC. He has described the book as "my swan song too" and his "final word, celebration of" Diana. He called writing it his duty as an eyewitness to history.
Spencer said he knows lots of things about the King that he chose not to include because they were not relevant to that story.
The interview also covered a dispute about the book. Earl Spencer's book accuses King Charles III of telling him "we'll forget her soon" in the wake of Diana's death in 1997, BBC. Buckingham Palace and Earl Spencer are in a war of words over that claim. Asked about it by the BBC, Spencer answered: "I'm telling the truth."
What makes this stand out is the tone. Spencer is telling a family story as history, not gossip. For readers picking up the book, that means a brother's account of Diana, plus an uncle's plea for his nephews to find their way back to each other.
