In a moment that sent the crowds roaring with applause, Earl Spencer took to the pulpit at his sister's funeral to deliver a controversial speech that would go down in history.
The Earl and his sister Lady Jane Fellowes were present at St Paul's Cathedral. READ MORE:Although neither King Charles nor Prince William attended Prince Harry 's Invictus event in St Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday due to other commitments, the Duke wasn't short of supportive family members in the crowd.
It is a feud dating back decades to Princess Diana's time in the royal family, and it has continued to rear its head several times since her death. After taking swipes at the British media for how his late sister was treated, Earl Spencer then made digs at the royal family as he vowed to protect William and Harry, just 15 and 12 years old at the time.
Pictured: Earl Spencer, Princess Diana, King Charles, Lady Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale at Earl Spencer's 21st birthday party Martin Neary, Westminster Abbey's musical director, told the documentary: 'I felt a great sympathy for what she had suffered but at the same time I was shocked by some of things which were said.
'It was my mistake to leave the doors of the Abbey open. What that meant was that when Lord Spencer made his remarks the audience outside applauded, which, in fact, started the audience inside applauding.'Earl Spencer has continued to speak out against the royal family in the years following her death and has claimed he was lied to about his sister's funeral procession.
Speaking to the BBC earlier this year, the Earl said he believed the treatment Princess Diana suffered was worse than that of Catherine, Princess of Wales Speaking to the Guardian in 2002, Earl Spencer took further swipes at the royal family over the frequency in which he saw his nephews. For example, neither Earl Spencer, nor his sisters, were invited to King Charles's Coronation last May, in a snub for the uncle of the King's sons.
It was later revealed that the Princess had been undergoing chemotherapy due to the presence of cancer cells which were discovered after her surgery, however this was not publicly known at the time, leading to wild theories circulating online about her wellbeing.
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