Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
13%
2 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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Publisher signals
68/100
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Earl Spencer has insisted he is 'telling the truth' about a phone call with Prince Charles following the death of his sister, Princess Diana.
Charles Spencer says in his new autobiography - exclusively serialised in the Daily Mail - that the then-Prince said of his ex-wife 'We'll forget her soon enough' amidst an argument over William and Harry's involvement in her funeral.
Buckingham Palace reacted with a strongly worded - and rare - public statement, saying the King was 'mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgement and colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss'.
But the earl has insisted: 'I can tell you here and now, those are exactly the words he said.'
asserted
he → read → you
Speaking to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg from his Althorp estate in Northamptonshire, Earl Spencer said he had told friends and family of Charles' alleged words at the time, labelling them 'monstrous'.
asserted
he → speak → them
'I've only ever had two calls on the line with Prince Charles at any stage of my life,' he said.
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he → have → life
'I was hyper alert to what he was saying and those are precisely the words that he said and I promise that to you now.'
asserted
I → say → you
Alluding to the Palace's statement, he added: 'Genuinely, that is what he said.
asserted
he → allude → what
I don't hear him saying he didn't say that.'
asserted
he → hear → that
Earl Spencer has insisted he is 'telling the truth' about remarks made by the then-Prince Charles in the wake of Princess Diana's death
The earl claims Charles 'went ballistic' and 'ranted for a while' after he tried to tell the future King that Diana would not have wanted William and Harry to walk in her procession.
'And then he stopped and I thought, oh now, now he's gonna pull himself together and say something more appropriate,' he said.
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he → insist → something
'And then, he said, "we'll forget her soon enough".'
asserted
we → say → her
Earl Spencer added that the remark 'stunned' him, and that he hung up.
Prince Harry and Prince William, aged 12 and 15, ultimately did walk behind Diana's coffin in her funeral procession in September 1997 alongside Charles, Prince Philip and Earl Spencer.
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Harry → add → Charles
Harry would later tell Newsweek magazine of the decision: '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.
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millions → tell → television
I don’t think any child should be asked to do that, under any circumstances.
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child → think → circumstances
I don’t think it would happen today.'
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it → think → ?
Earl Spencer's book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, is due to be published next week.
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book → publish → ?
However, several copies of the book were stolen from a lorry parked in a lay-by in the Netherlands earlier this week.
asserted
copies → steal → Netherlands
The tomes had been wrapped in black plastic to hide their contents, but publishing insiders believe they may have been deliberately targeted in an audacious bid to steal them before the official release.
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they → wrap → release
The Aporia
