Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over ‘incorrect assumption’

Charles Spencer’s memoir, Swan Song: Diana, my Sister, in the window of a bookshop in London on 22 September 2026. Charles Spencer’s memoir, Swan Song: Diana, my Sister, in the window of a bookshop in London on 22 September 2026. Diana, Princess of Wales Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over ‘incorrect assumption’ Brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, says ‘accuracy is important’ as he responds to broadcaster’s threat to sue over claims made in memoir
Prefer the Guardian on Google Earl Spencer has apologised to Piers Morgan for incorrectly claiming in his new book about Diana, Princess of Wales , that the former tabloid editor was behind the publication of intrusive photos of the late royal in the mid-1990s.
Morgan had earlier threatened to sue Spencer over “fabricated inaccuracies” and “examples of brazen falsity” in the book, which was published on Tuesday.
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