That Palace statement, questioning Earl Spencer's account of the days after his sister's death, was a total contrast to its normal "never explain, never complain" mantra.
As we asked Earl Spencer: which Charles are we meant to believe?
Why, the one who has only progressed in his life by the deaths of the women in it, of course!
First his wife, freeing him to do what he wanted with another man’s wife, and then his mother, granting him the title of king.
That’s the sort of man who’d think little, if at all, of saying that to a grieving brother.
Sometimes when looking back at a crime, it is possible to find an answer to the question "Who did this benefit?" IF there's a clear, single answer, then inferences can be drawn - not so much as Whodunnit, but on behalf of whom was it done.
ReplyDeleteYou might also ask who has a vendetta against a younger brother that their mother preferred, actually did well at a school the elder detested and which their father liked.