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Piers Morgan to sue Earl Spencer over memoir claims

By Drooid · Sep 22, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Piers Morgan will sue Earl Charles Spencer in the United Kingdom over alleged false claims in Spencer’s memoir.
Morgan says the memoir falsely links him to hidden-camera photos of Diana published on 7 November 1993.
He demanded removal of the passage and a donation to the King’s Trust from Penguin Random House.
Buckingham Palace rejected the claim that King Charles said they would “forget her soon enough.”

History

Historical Context

The 2026 Piers Morgan suit against Earl Charles Spencer revives the early-1990s royal privacy fights, when the 1993 Mirror publication of Diana’s gym photographs led to a £1 million legal-cost award and a 1995 televised interview where Prince Charles admitted adultery, both establishing courts’ willingness to impose hefty damages on media outlets.

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Story summary

Piers Morgan will sue Earl Charles Spencer in the United Kingdom over alleged false claims in Spencer’s memoir.
Morgan says the memoir falsely links him to hidden-camera photos of Diana published on 7 November 1993.
He demanded removal of the passage and a donation to the King’s Trust from Penguin Random House.
Buckingham Palace rejected the claim that King Charles said they would “forget her soon enough.”

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