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The new book written by Princess Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, has caused an earthquake within the royal family, as it uncovers some of the most controversial secrets about how Lady Di was treated from the moment she joined the institution through her marriage to Charles, until her final days.
According to new revelations from the memoir, Spencer highlighted the role Prince Philip played in the Princess's funeral, managing it "really well" amidst the scandal, but also the grief of all her followers and, especially, her children who were in the funeral procession as teenagers.
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Revealed excerpts from Swan Song: Diana, my sister, state that Prince Philip gave instructions to Princes William and Harry about what they should and should not do during the funeral: "He took the lead and rightly so. He was brilliant that day. It is true that he is a controversial figure, but he did really well," said Earl Spencer.
The Princess's brother highlighted that Philip's military training helped the funeral go according to plan and prevented the princes from feeling overwhelmed by the crowds watching the procession in real time.
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"He was a military man and he said: 'Look straight ahead. Do not look left or right'," said the Earl, who accompanied his nephews, the then-Prince Charles, and Philip throughout the procession.
"It was a very strange experience, the truth is, because you could feel a tsunami of grief coming from both sides and the crowd reacted differently as we walked," he added.
The passages about the painful episode of Diana's funeral have been the subject of greatest interest in Spencer's book, especially regarding what was told about Charles, and his demand for his children to participate in the funeral march as two teenagers aged 12 and 15.
In an interview with People, Spencer said about it: "I remember Harry was so small, a tiny child, like a dot on the ground, walking in public behind his mother's coffin (...) It's monstrous. It was terrible at the time, and there was very little I could do."
In addition to this, the memoirs have drawn attention for Charles's behavior toward Lady Di, even after her passing.
In one of the revealed fragments, Charles Spencer recounts that Charles told him over the phone, "euphoric, as if he had won the lottery," that no one would remember Diana after her death: "We will soon forget her."
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