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Buckingham Palace Hits Back Over Diana Book

Buckingham Palace respond to claims made by Princess Diana鈥檚 brother in a new memoir.

Today, Princess Diana鈥檚 brother, Earl Spencer, has claimed in a new memoir that King Charles said 鈥渨e鈥檒l forget her soon enough鈥� in the wake of her death nearly 30 years ago. The Palace has pushed back unusually strongly, saying 鈥� grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory鈥�.

The book 鈥楽wan Song: Diana, My Sister鈥� is due to be published next week and is expected to be highly critical of the Royal Family. Adam is joined by Daniela Relph to unpack what we already know about the claims being made in the book, and what might unfold next week.

It鈥檚 not the only Royal news in recent days. After Meghan and Harry had to change their children鈥檚 schools two days after the start of term, we look at what lead to that decision.

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