While Diana is in his thoughts daily, Spencer doesn’t dwell on his former in-laws.

“This brutal exclusion left no option for any elegant diplomacy,” the friend informedThe Independent.

However, a second friend admitted it would have been a fraught decision.

Charles Spencer looking serious

“It would have been tricky for him had he been invited.

But that would have allowed him to decline rather than being dropped and snubbed.”

Charles Spencer looking thoughtful