PRINCE WILLIAM ‘BEYOND FURIOUS’ AS EARL SPENCER’S DIANA BOOK REOPENS OLD WOUNDS — ROYAL EXPERTS SAY HE’S BEEN ‘DRAGGED INTO IT’

Prince William has reportedly been left facing an intensely personal situation after the release of his uncle Earl Spencer’s controversial new book about Princess Diana.

Swan Song: Diana, My Sister was presented as a celebration of Diana’s life following her tragic death in 1997. But alongside its memories of Diana, the book has also reignited controversy surrounding the Royal Family, including claims about King Charles and the aftermath of his former wife’s death.

One of the most damaging allegations suggests Charles reacted like a “lottery winner” when Diana died — a claim Buckingham Palace addressed by warning that grief can “cloud” memory.

William, Diana’s eldest son, has made no public comment on the book.

Yet royal commentators have questioned whether the Prince of Wales should have been pulled into a controversy centred on his own family and his mother’s death.

‘IT’S UNFAIR THAT WILLIAM GETS DRAGGED INTO IT’

Speaking on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show, royal editor Matt Wilkinson argued that the situation was particularly unfair on William.

“I just think it’s unfair that he gets dragged into it,” Wilkinson said.

He also questioned why William’s own work and engagements had been brought into a book written by his uncle, particularly if the Prince was not fully aware of its contents before publication.

“I think it’s unfair that his work and his engagements are being brought into this book by his uncle, and he wasn’t told what was in it,” he added.

Royal expert Ingrid Seward, who appeared on the podcast, went further in assessing William’s reported reaction.

“I think William is behaving absolutely wonderfully. He must be furious inside,” she said.

William himself, however, has not publicly said that he is furious.

‘THIS IS HIS MOTHER, HIS FATHER’

Other reports have claimed the Prince’s private reaction has been considerably stronger.

According to an unnamed royal source cited by RadarOnline.com, William was “beyond furious” that the controversy had been brought back into the public arena.

The source claimed the issue was deeply personal because it involved the people at the centre of one of the most traumatic periods of William’s childhood.

“For him, this is not ancient royal history or material for another book – it is his mother, his father and the most traumatic period of his childhood,” the source alleged.

The same source claimed William had spent years hoping Diana’s memory could be treated with dignity rather than repeatedly becoming the centre of new public disputes.

The fact that the latest allegations came from his own uncle was reportedly said to make the situation even more painful.

THE TIMING HAS ADDED TO THE TENSION

The timing of the book has also been highlighted as particularly sensitive.

With the 30th anniversary of Diana’s death approaching, the latest controversy has once again placed her sons at the centre of arguments about what happened during and after the week of her death.

The RadarOnline source claimed that, rather than allowing William and Harry to remember their mother privately, the book had created another public dispute over competing memories and accounts of that period.

William is also believed to have been informed about the book by Earl Spencer weeks before its release, although reports have suggested he learned what it contained at the same time as the wider public.

WILLIAM HAS CHOSEN SILENCE

Despite the growing speculation over his private feelings, William has remained silent.

That silence has become notable precisely because the controversy touches so many parts of his family history — Diana, King Charles, Earl Spencer and his relationship with Harry.

For now, the Prince of Wales has given no public verdict on his uncle’s book.

But with royal experts describing the situation as unfair and unnamed sources claiming he is privately furious, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister has once again placed William in the middle of a story he may have preferred to leave firmly in the past.