Piers Morgan questions Earl Spencer's claims about King Charles after leaking legal letters over 'egregious lies'

From the Newshound archive · first published 30 September 2026 · last updated 1 October 2026.

Piers Morgan has escalated his war with Earl Spencer by publicly leaking legal correspondence proving he is suing the aristocrat — then using Spencer's factual error to cast doubt on the memoir's explosive claims about King Charles III. Morgan posted a lawyer's letter to publisher Penguin on X after Spencer told author Tina Brown at a New York book event that no legal action was under way. The gym-photo blunder — Spencer wrongly placed Morgan as Mirror editor two years before he actually joined — has since drawn a public apology from the Earl and a correction pledge from Penguin.

Spencer's memoir 'Swan Song' alleged Morgan published secret gym photos of Diana in 1993, but Morgan was at The Sun at the time and only joined the Mirror in 1995.

Morgan is now arguing the factual error undermines Spencer's separate, more incendiary claims about King Charles's reaction to Diana's death.

Spencer's statement said his account of Morgan being 'surly and annoyed' when told he was unwelcome at Diana's funeral remains accurate.