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Earl Spencer Apologizes After Piers Morgan Lawsuit Threat

By Drooid · Sep 22, 2026, 10:41 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Piers Morgan Sues

Piers Morgan announced he will sue Earl Spencer to remove the passage and seek damages for the King’s Trust.
Spencer’s memoir *Swan Song* claimed Morgan edited the 7 November 1993 Sunday Mirror Diana photo.
Morgan clarified he joined the Daily Mirror in October 1995 and wrote for The Sun in 1993.
Spencer apologized, admitting his assumption about Morgan’s editorship was wrong.
He also demanded the book be pulped and future editions corrected.

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Camilla Urges Unity

Queen Camilla urged unity at the Queen’s Reading Room Literary Festival as Earl Spencer’s memoir approached.
A YouGov poll found 31% believe Spencer’s allegations, 36% doubt them, and 33% are unsure.
Spencer says Prince Harry is “completely fine” with the memoir and hopes it contains no embarrassing details.
Buckingham Palace replied that grief can cloud memory, avoiding a direct denial of Spencer’s claimed remark.

History

Historical Context

Royal clashes with the Daily Mail began with the 1994 publication of Prince Charles’s nude photos and continued with a 2006 injunction over his diary extracts; Earl Spencer settled a libel claim in 2018 and Elton John won £100,000 damages in 2006. These lawsuits show a decades-long strategy of the monarchy using courts to curb tabloid attacks, echoed in Piers Morgan’s 2024 case.

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Piers Morgan Sues

Piers Morgan announced he will sue Earl Spencer to remove the passage and seek damages for the King’s Trust.
Spencer’s memoir *Swan Song* claimed Morgan edited the 7 November 1993 Sunday Mirror Diana photo.
Morgan clarified he joined the Daily Mirror in October 1995 and wrote for The Sun in 1993.
Spencer apologized, admitting his assumption about Morgan’s editorship was wrong.
He also demanded the book be pulped and future editions corrected.

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