Overview
- Speaking on the Oct. 24 Rosebud podcast, Spencer said he finds it difficult when strangers tell him where they were when Princess Diana died, recalling a recent encounter with an American woman who claimed she “grew up with Diana” in South Dakota.
- He said the anniversary of Diana’s death still leaves him “fundamentally unhappy,” and he marks Aug. 31 by keeping busy, cutting flowers, and visiting her grave at Althorp with any of his children who are there.
- Spencer revealed he initially sought someone else to deliver the funeral speech, then accepted the role after arriving in London and wrote a new version in about 90 minutes.
- He explained that he changed course from a traditional tribute to one that aimed to “speak for” Diana, influenced by his sense of duty as the person she had informally designated as guardian of her sons.
- He said he removed a planned reference to Rupert Murdoch from the eulogy as unnecessary, a detail surfacing as coverage notes Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers apologized to Prince Harry earlier this year for intrusions into his and Diana’s private lives.