Settling old scores with royals drives Spencer's book, but Diana steals focus

Image caption, Earl Spencer talked about his memoir of Diana with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg

Royal correspondent Published 13 minutes ago A slanging match doesn't usually do either side much good. Unless you're selling books, when a controversy can be extremely helpful.

Earl Spencer's book about his sister, Diana, has had six days of public accusations and counter-claims, with extensive news coverage.

So perhaps it's not surprising that even before it's officially published, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister is racing up the Amazon best-seller chart.

It's likely to be the most significant royal book since Prince Harry's startling 2023 memoir, Spare, and Andrew Lownie's 2025 book Entitled, which doomed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's reputation.

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