Princess Diana Memoir Under Fire as Key Claims Reportedly Don’t Match the Record

Charles Spencer's latest memoir about his late sister Princess Diana has come under scrutiny for certain claims he made in the book.

Royal expert Victoria Arbiter believes the 9th Earl Spencer's account of certain past events doesn't match what really went down back in the day.

“I think what has become so problematic with all Spencer’s book is that as Diana’s brother, as a historian, as a journalist, his account is going to be taken as an authority on his sister,” she told NewsNation on Tuesday, September 23.

“Many of his claims do not stand up to further scrutiny," the royal commentator added.

“Feelings, valid as they may be, they do not equate to substantiated fact,” Arbiter continued. “There are historical inaccuracies already for a noted historian.”

Some of the claims Spencer, 62, penned in his book, Swan Song: My Sister, Diana, included how King Charles reportedly sounded "sounded giddily elated — like a lottery winner" when he first heard Diana died.

The author also alleged the sovereign said the world would quickly "forget" Diana soon after she perished.

Diana passed away in August 1997 at the age of 36 due to injuries she sustained in a Parisian car crash.

Spencer also alleged Charles, 77, was "in love with his valet" — an assertion Diana apparently told her brother over lunch one day.

In that same conversation, Lady Di told Spencer she was planning to divorce the then-Prince of Wales. Charles and Diana married in 1981 and officially separated 15 years later.

"She told me that things became very difficult indeed in the marriage early on, and I am sure that both spouses despaired of the other at times," Spencer wrote.

The explosive memoir prompted Buckingham Palace hit back with a statement, saying: "While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and color memory in ways others do not recognize, even many years after such a loss.”

Spencer backed up his book and also clapped back at the palace's reaction, telling Good Morning America on Monday, September 21, he felt "gaslit" by Charles.

"It's not every day you're gaslit by a king, but I was really upset with that because I thought it was very, not only condescending, but not straight," he noted.

"What I said is straight and true. And what did they come back with? That. It doesn't say he didn't say it either. That's what I found interesting. I was really shocked, actually," the British peer added.