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Piers Morgan vows to sue Earl Spencer despite apology over Diana book 'lies' about Mirror call

From the Newshound archive · first published 23 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.
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.
Piers Morgan, who claims the royals are "spitting blood" over the memoir and is pressing ahead with legal action against Earl Spencer and publisher Penguin over what he calls lies.
Piers Morgan, who claims the royals are "spitting blood" over the memoir and is pressing ahead with legal action against Earl Spencer and publisher Penguin over what he calls lies.

Earl Spencer has apologised to Piers Morgan after his new book 'Swan Song: Diana, My Sister' wrongly implied Morgan was editor of the Sunday Mirror when it published gym photographs of Diana in 1993 — two years before Morgan joined the Daily Mirror. Morgan says the claim is "bullshit" and easy to disprove, and has announced legal action despite the apology.

Spencer wrote that Morgan 'snarled with annoyance' when personally called to be uninvited from Diana's funeral, implying guilt over the gym photos.

The Sunday Mirror ran the Diana gym pictures in November 1993, two years before Morgan took any role at the Daily Mirror.

Morgan is demanding more than an apology, saying there is 'only one way' he will drop the lawsuit — suggesting a full retraction is the price.

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