Royals set to carry out engagements after book claims

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-09-17 · by Helen William

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Senior members of the British royal family are scheduled to participate in official engagements following controversy stirred by a book claiming that Prince Charles reacted angrily when Lord Spencer insisted Princess Diana’s sons should not walk in her funeral procession. The palace responded cautiously without directly addressing the claims, emphasizing that grief can distort memory over time. Among upcoming engagements, Prince William and Kate Middleton will visit the Isle of Bute on Thursday, while other royals have scheduled visits to Zambia and Staffordshire for similar official duties.

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In September 2026, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan moved their children, Prince Archie (aged seven) and Princess Lilibet (five), to a new school in Britain after just two days due to security concerns. The couple's spokesperson cited heavy traffic between their home and the original school as the reason for the move. This decision came shortly after Harry and Meghan returned to Britain from California, where they had lived for six years. Additionally, the family's publicly-funded security is currently being reviewed by a government committee known as Ravec (the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures).

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A palace spokesman said: “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 colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss.”

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🔮 On Thursday, senior royals are set to be seen in public carrying out official engagements after the palace took the rare step of responding to the allegations in the upcoming book.

2026-09-17 · Evening Standard

Royals set to carry out engagements after book claims · assertive framing

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Royals set to carry out engagements after book claims · assertive framing

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Royals set to carry out engagements after book claims · assertive framing

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others → say → loss

On Thursday, senior royals are set to be seen in public carrying out official engagements after the palace took the rare step of responding to the allegations in the upcoming book. asserted

palace → set → book

Diana’s son William and his wife Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales who also hold the titles of the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay in Scotland, are set to make their first official visit to Isle of Bute. asserted

who → hold → Bute

The day is to include visiting their namesake town of Rothesay and follows their visits to the Isles of Mull and Iona last year. asserted

day → include → Mull

The Duchess of Edinburgh’s visit to Zambia, to try to celebrate the relationship between Zambia and the UK, is among other royal engagements. asserted

visit → try → engagements

Meanwhile, the Princess Royal will attend the opening of a new History Centre at the German Military Cemetery in Staffordshire. asserted

Royal → attend → Staffordshire

In the book – Swan Song: Diana, My Sister serialised in the Daily Mail – the Earl claims that Charles, then the Prince of Wales, subjected him to a “stream of anger” after he insisted Diana would not have wanted Princes William and Harry, then aged 15 and 12, to walk in her funeral procession. uncertain

William → serialise → procession

According to a book excerpt, one of Queen Elizabeth II’s senior aides told him that William and Harry were to walk in the procession, prompting the Earl to state “that’s not going to happen”. Charles called minutes later and told him that 18 years earlier he had walked in the funeral procession of his great-uncle, Lord Mountbatten, it is claimed. uncertain

it → accord → uncle

Read More “I assumed the pause signalled an effort to bring himself under control, but then he unleashed down the phone what I have always taken to be his pent-up contempt for Diana, and his horror that the world was so bowled over by her death. asserted

world → read → death

‘Rest assured’, he hissed, ‘we’ll forget her soon enough!’.” asserted

we → rest → her

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