Kuenssberg: I asked Earl Spencer who we should believe - him or the King?

Image caption, Laura Kuenssberg met Earl Spencer at Althorp, the ancestral home on the grounds of which Diana is buried

Political editor Published 18 minutes ago When I arrived at Althorp on Thursday to speak to Charles, Earl Spencer, only a handful of people were in evidence in the vast stately home, where Princess Diana had once tapdanced in the hall and rollerskated in the cavernous library.

It was only hours after Buckingham Palace had sent out its blistering statement in response to the explosive claims made in a new book by Earl Spencer. From the particularly English peace of this grand countryside setting, Diana's brother had provoked a storm.