Charles Spencer honours his sister on her death anniversary while family faces questions over their silence
On the 28th anniversary of Princess Diana’s tragic death, her brother Charles Spencer marked the day with a quiet but moving message, while the royal family offered no public acknowledgment.
Diana, mother to William and Harry, died in a car crash in Paris alongside Dodi Al-Fayed in 1997. Her sudden death left her young sons, then only 15 and 12, devastated.
On Thursday, Charles Spencer posted a simple tribute on social media, sharing flowers he had gathered from the gardens of Althorp, where Diana is buried. “Flowers we cut this morning from Althorp’s gardens for the Island,” he wrote. “Always an impossible day.”
The post stood in sharp contrast to the silence from senior royals. Buckingham Palace has often issued tributes to other members of the family, yet the day passed without recognition for Diana.
Instead, William and Catherine released a message to honour Liz Hatton, a cancer patient who would have celebrated her 18th birthday, but there was no mention of the princess who once held the title of Princess of Wales and was mother to the future king.
Whether William or Harry will share personal reflections later remains to be seen. For now, Diana’s memory was most visibly honoured by her brother, who quietly paid his respects at her final resting place.
