Diana, Princess of Wales’s brother has spoken about the “great loss” he felt when the late princess died in 1997. Charles, Earl Spencer sat on the Loose Men panel recently to talk about all things mental health, and described losing his sister as an “amputation” in his life.
Charles, 60, was believed to have been close with the late princess, having grown up together at Althorp House – a place he still calls home. As the panel spoke about the importance of siblings, Charles opened up about how it felt to lose Diana.
He described it as a “great loss” and said that years after Diana died, he would go to call her before realising she was no longer there.
He said: “It’s such an amputation. You grow up with these people, they are your flesh and blood, they’re with you forever and then they’re gone.
“You expect obviously first grandparents and then parents to go, and there’s the awful tragedy you mentioned of children going, but siblings, it’s a really extraordinary thing.
“Because your instant thing for years after, after Diana died, I would think I must ring her and tell her something, because we shared the same sense of humour, and you just realise of course that’s not going to happen.
“And then actually, as your family naturally folds in on itself, you lose your parents. I have two sisters I adore, they’re quite a lot older than me, so I don’t have, I don’t share my childhood with anyone anymore. And that’s a great loss that you can never really put right.”
Fans of the late Princess rushed to the comments section to thank Charles for his honest admission about how it feels to lose a sibling.
One person commented on Instagram: “So well said. Amputation is the perfect word. It’s as if we have to learn how to live all over again.”
Another said: “Totally understand where he’s coming from.”
A third wrote: “Diana was adored and will always be remembered with compassion and a heart of pure gold.”
