Earl Spencer calls Buckingham Palace's pushback 'classic gaslighting' as he insists King DID say 'Diana would' be forgotten
From the Newshound archive · first published 22 September 2026 · last updated 24 September 2026.
Charles Spencer, whose memoir claims Piers Morgan "snarled with annoyance" when uninvited from Princess Diana's funeral — an allegation Morgan has announced he will challenge in court, calling it provably false.King Charles III, whose reputation Earl Spencer has been accused by Piers Morgan of deliberately trying to destroy, with Spencer's book alleging Charles sounded "giddily elated — like a lottery winner" after Diana's…
Earl Spencer has accused King Charles of "classic gaslighting" after Buckingham Palace issued an unprecedented statement suggesting grief may have clouded his memory of events following Diana's death. Making his first live television appearance to promote his memoir 'Swan Song: Diana, My Sister', Spencer told Lorraine Kelly he was not rattled by the furore and that no one had actually denied the King said Diana would "be forgotten soon enough." Spencer, 62, insisted the book was written out of duty to his sister and warned he knows "lots of things about the King" he chose not to include.
Spencer says the ending of his 1997 funeral eulogy — pledging Diana would never be forgotten — was a "direct counter" to Charles's alleged remark.
Diana's former butler Paul Burrell, 68, hit back, saying Charles was "a broken man" in Paris, eyes bloodshot and clearly devastated — directly contradicting the 'giddily elated' claim.
Piers Morgan, who says he will sue Spencer over separate claims in the book, told Good Morning Britain the royals are "spitting blood" over what he called a "deliberate attempt to destroy King Charles's reputation."
