The brother of Princess Diana, Earl Spencer, has said that he was lied to about her sons wanting to walk behind the coffin during the funeral.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today the Earl said that he was “lied to and told they wanted to do it, which of course they didn’t.”
Prince William and Prince Harry walked behind Diana’s coffin alongside Prince Philip, Earl Spencer and Prince Charles.
“It was the worst part of the day by a considerable margin, walking behind my sister’s body with two boys who were obviously massively grieving their mother.”
The Earl said he pushed for William and Harry to not have to walk behind the coffin.
He said that it was not what Princess Diana would have wanted for them.
However, he said that “eventually I was lied to and told that they wanted to do it, which of course they didn’t, but I didn’t realise that.”
Prince Harry was only 12 when his mother died. Speaking of walking in the funeral procession he said that no child “should be asked to do that.”
“My mother had just died, and I had to walk a long way behind her coffin, surrounded by thousands of people watching me while millions more did on television.”
Earl Spencer has said that he still has nightmares to this day. Although he says that the funeral must have been a “million times worse” for Diana’s sons.
The end of next month will mark twenty years since Princess Diana died in a tragic car crash.
Her unexpected death provoked worldwide grief and sadness. The funeral was televised live. Over two billion people watched the television broadcast of her funeral making it one of the most watched events in history.
Says the guy who wouldn’t let her live in a small cottage on his Estate – he wasn’t there for her before she died and he’s not been there for his nephews since his disgraceful funeral eulogy.
Absolutely! !!
So the loathsome Brother [who treated his sister badly during the last period of her life, when she REALLY had need of him], and who deserted the young Princes [his ‘blood family’] to bugger off to the Sun in South Africa, has taken this opportunity to ‘massage’ his image, and denigrate BP..
NOTHING surprises from such a wretch…
What a creep ! He probably needs to stir up the tourists so that they’ll pay to look at the island where he put her, along with the dead pets buried there. He never helped Diana, but he has helped himself make money over her dead body, literally. He originally went to South Africa, trying to claim it as his home, when divorcing his first wife. He called her a whore, an adulteress etc. The Courts made him return to the U.K. for the divorce. There were on the defense side, witnesses who came forward and testified to their affairs, hotel receipts and dates. After several testified, they decided to excuse the other 12 women from testifying. There were so many, so he was up the creek . It must have run in the family, Dad , Mother and children, all doing the same. No excuse for that though, some people are just vile, and he certainly is.
Here he comes again, the low life, trying to raise his image for the anniversary. He fought with his sister and was not kind to her at all. Actually, as we now know, the whole family was a dysfunctional mess. We have all read how horrible Diana and her siblings treated their fathers 2nd wife, and referred to her as ” acid ” Raine. He showed his true colours when, at Diana’s funeral, he publicly criticized the royal family, when it was the royals who years ago gave the Spencers their wealth as favours. He is a pompous ass