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AudioBook information:
Author: Charles Spencer
Narrated by: Charles Spencer
Release date: September 22, 2026
Audiobook Duration: 9 h 46 min
Summary:Â Beautiful. Beloved. Hunted. The extraordinary life and death of Diana, as told by her brother, Charles.
âWhen asked, âWhat was it like, growing up with Diana?â, my first thought is always, But I donât know what it was like not to grow up with herâŚâ
In September 1997, Charles Spencer stood in Westminster Abbey before a watching world and shared his grief at losing his beloved sister, Diana. Now, nearly thirty years later, he tells the astonishing story of his life with Diana and the tragic week of her death.
In childhood, Charles and Diana, the youngest Spencers, were inseparable â secretly calling one another Duch and Carlos. As each otherâs closest confidantes, they roamed the family estate, endured extremely challenging boarding schools, survived terrifying nannies, and helped each other through the agony of their parentsâ divorce.
Yet everything changed when Diana married the Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, and overnight became a global icon. Charles saw his older sister serve the worldâs marginalized and relish being mother to her treasured sons.
But, pursued by a barbaric press as her royal marriage crumbled, she was left desperately alone. Charles always tried to be there for Diana â until that black night in August, 1997.
In Swan Song, Charles Spencer provides the most intimate, loving, and honest portrait yet of his sister.
Reviews:
Praise for Charles Spencerâs writing:
âTop marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose.â âThe Times
âAcutely observant, his turn of phrase is often delightful.â âDaily Telegraph
âA moving, heartbreaking memoir.â âFinancial Times
âA tour de force.â âWashington Post
About the Author:
Charles Spencer is an author, historian, public speaker, broadcaster, and journalist. He is also the 9th Earl Spencer. Spencer is the author of nine nonfiction books, including four Sunday Times bestsellers. A globally in-demand keynote speaker, he worked for NBC News as an on-air correspondent from 1986 to 1995. He has presented for the History Channel, was a co-host of the hit Rabbit Hole Detectives podcast, and has written for many newspapers and magazines. He is a columnist for the Financial Times.
Spencer was educated at Eton College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained his MA in Modern History.
He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

