By Page Six | Created at 2026-09-17 16:33:14 | Updated at 2026-09-17 17:18:02
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King Charles allegedly “sounded giddily elated – like a lottery winner” after his ex-wife, Princess Diana, died.
In his forthcoming book, “Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,” Charles Spencer, the Earl of Spencer, recalled the moment a then-Prince Charles called him following the news of Diana’s fatal car accident.
“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 writes in an excerpt published by the Daily Mail on Thursday.
Getty ImagesPer Spencer, Charles informed him that he had told Prince William and Prince Harry about 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,” he continues.
“Looking back now, I suspect the prince’s first reaction must have been to think more of how this event might free him to marry the woman he loved, rather than appreciating the loss of one he did not,” Spencer continues, referring to now-Queen Camilla.
“It can be hard to feel too much sympathy for an ex-spouse, or those who care for them profoundly, after bitter divorce.”
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