Princess Diana’s Brother Claims King Charles Sounded Like a ‘Lottery Winner’ After Her Death

More bombshells are being unearthed in the days leading to the release of a new memoir by Princess Diana‘s brother Earl Charles Spencer.

In an excerpt from Spencer’s Swan Song: Diana, My Sister (out September 22) released by the Daily Mail on Thursday, September 17, the 62-year-old recounted the moment he found out his sister had died.

“I was at my home in Cape Town, alone with my four children, when I learnt that my sister had been killed,” he wrote.

Diana was 36 when she died on August 31, 1997, following a car crash in Paris. At the time, she was recently divorced from King Charles III, who is now married to Queen Camilla.

In the days that followed, Spencer wrote that the phone “rang constantly,” adding, “Prince Charles caught me as I crossed the landing upstairs.”

“Unlike my other callers, who were stunned, barely able to articulate their condolences and offers of help, he sounded giddily elated — like a lottery winner, I remember thinking at the time,” Spencer claimed.

Diana’s brother said that Charles, now the 77-year-old king, told him that he informed Prince William and Prince Harry of their mother’s death. At the time, William was 15, and Harry was 12.

“It all sounded strangely matter-of-fact, given the enormity of the disaster,” Spencer wrote.

“Looking back now,” he added, “I suspect the prince’s first reaction must have been to think more of how this event might free him to marry the woman he loved, rather than appreciating the loss of one he did not. It can be hard to feel too much sympathy for an ex-spouse, or those who care for them profoundly, after bitter divorce.”

Spencer revealed that his sister “left me as her sons’ guardian,” so he wanted what was best for the boys.

As Closer previously reported, Charles allegedly insisted that William, now 44, and Harry, now 42, would walk in her funeral procession — leading to a disagreement between Spencer and his former brother-in-law.

According to Spencer, during their alleged dispute, Charles said to him: “Rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough!”

A palace spokesperson issued a rare statement in response to the stunning claim, saying (per People), “While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and color memory in ways others do not recognize, even many years after such a loss.”