Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
13%
2 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
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Outlets on this story
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Entertainment
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
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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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.
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palace → set → book
Charles will address bosses from some of the world’s leading AI developers – Nvidia, Anthropic and OpenAI – about the future of artificial intelligence.
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Charles → address → intelligence
He is expected to tell a summit at Dumfries House in Scotland that the new technology should be in the “service of humanity, community and the natural world”.
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technology → expect → humanity
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.
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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.
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day → include → Mull
The Duke of Sussex is also expected to make his first public appearance since returning to the UK.
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Duke → expect → UK
Harry and Meghan, who returned to England from the US last month, were forced to move their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, to a new school after talks with their security team.
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who → return → team
The Duchess of Edinburgh’s visit to Zambia, to try to celebrate the relationship between Zambia and the UK, is among other royal engagements.
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visit → try → engagements
Meanwhile, the Princess Royal will attend the opening of a new History Centre at the German Military Cemetery in Staffordshire.
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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.
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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”.
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that → accord → Earl
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.
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it → call → uncle
“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.
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world → assume → death
‘Rest assured’, he hissed, ‘we’ll forget her soon enough!’.”
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we → rest → her