After Princess Diana's death, Prince Charles reportedly made an 'offensive' comment about his late ex to her brother during an argument about the funeral.
, then 12, walking behind their mother's coffin in the procession to Westminster Abbey.
"Spencer felt quite sure that Diana would have been horrified at the idea of her sons having to endure such an ordeal," Lacey writes."He had already told Charles as much." Apparently, one of the discussions"had ended with the earl slamming down the phone on his brother-in-law after Charles had made a particularly offensive comment about Diana."
Lacey didn't specify what the offensive comment was, but did elaborate a bit on the argument, writing: "Prince Charles had no doubt that he should walk the long route with both his sons beside him. But Uncle Charles Spencer did not agree. He was already angry on his family’s behalf that his sister’s funeral had been hijacked into a royal occasion, and he was particularly opposed to the idea that his young nephews should have to walk the best part of a mile behind their mother’s coffin through the streets.
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