EARL SPENCER DRAGS WILLIAM AND HARRY INTO DIANA ROW — ‘THESE WORDS WILL NOT BE A SURPRISE TO THEM’

Earl Charles Spencer has brought Prince William and Prince Harry directly into the latest chapter of his explosive Diana revelations — claiming his nephews already know what is contained in his controversial new memoir.

In a BBC interview with Laura Kuenssberg, Spencer discussed his sister’s death, his relationship with the princes and the continuing fallout from his allegations about King Charles.

His book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, is due to be released next week, almost 30 years after Diana was killed in a car crash.

And Spencer made one striking claim about William and Harry.

‘THESE WORDS WILL NOT BE A SURPRISE TO THEM’

Asked whether Diana’s sons would be surprised by the contents of the memoir, Spencer said: “I don’t like to talk about what I’ve been speaking about to William and Harry but this will not be a surprise to them I will tell you that. These words will not be a surprise to them.”

He also addressed the controversial decision for William and Harry to walk behind their mother’s coffin at her funeral.

Spencer claimed Diana “wouldn’t have wanted” her young sons to take part and recalled a conversation with the then-Prince Charles.

According to Spencer, Charles told him he had walked behind Lord Mountbatten’s coffin.

Spencer said he replied: “Yes, but you were 30 and he wasn’t your mother.”

A ‘GIDDY’ TONE AFTER DIANA’S DEATH

Spencer repeated his claim that Charles sounded unusually “giddy” when speaking to him after Diana’s death.

He recalled being told in the early hours that Diana had been involved in a car crash while he was living in Cape Town.

Initially, he was reportedly reassured that the crash was “not too serious”.

But as further calls came in, the situation became increasingly grave before Diana’s death was confirmed.

Spencer said he later felt there had been a “lightness” in Charles’ tone that “really jarred” with him.

Asked about his description in the book of Charles sounding “giddily elated like a lottery winner”, Spencer insisted he was recording events as he remembered and experienced them at the time.

‘ECHOES’ OF DIANA IN THE HARRY AND MEGHAN COVERAGE

Spencer also turned his attention to Harry and Meghan, saying he saw “echoes” of the treatment Diana experienced in the media coverage surrounding the Sussexes.

He said Diana had been “really brought low” by criticism from the press and described it as a “pity” to see similarities in the way Harry and Meghan have been covered.

“I’m not here to speak for Harry and Meghan,” he said, while adding that for anyone being subjected to such treatment every day, it could become a “cancerous influence” in their life.

‘I KNOW LOTS OF THINGS ABOUT THE KING’

Spencer also insisted that his decision to publish the memoir was not intended as a threat to the Royal Family.

He said the deaths of both his parents in their 60s, alongside reaching his own 60s, had made him more conscious of mortality and prompted him to finally put down what he believed to be true.

But he revealed that the book does not contain everything he knows about Charles.

“I know lots of things about the King which I chose not to include in the book because they were not relevant,” he said.

That admission comes after Spencer repeatedly insisted that his account of his conversations with Charles is based on what he personally witnessed and remembered.

SPENCER SAYS HE WANTS WILLIAM AND HARRY TO RECONCILE

Despite being drawn into the long-running tensions surrounding the brothers, Spencer said he does not take sides between William and Harry.

“I hope one day it’s resolved,” he said, adding that he did not know all the details of what had happened between them.

He said he would feel “intrusive” becoming more involved, but stressed that a mother would naturally want her sons “to be happy together and love each other.”

The comments come after Buckingham Palace responded to Spencer’s earlier claims about Charles and Diana.

In a statement, the Palace said that while it does not comment on books “as a matter of principle”, the King is mindful that “the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory” in ways others may not recognise, even many years later.

With Swan Song: Diana, My Sister due out next week, Spencer’s latest interview has added another layer to a royal family story that has remained unresolved for almost three decades.