Piers Morgan threatens legal action over Earl Spencer memoir claims
Broadcaster Piers Morgan said he plans to sue Earl Spencer over what he called fabricated inaccuracies in the earl’s memoir about Diana, Princess of Wales. Morgan denies a claim linking him to alleged hidden-camera photographs, while the source also describes a wider dispute involving Diana’s death and Buckingham Palace.
Piers Morgan has said he will sue Earl Spencer over claims in Spencer’s memoir about Diana, Princess of Wales, according to The Guardian. Morgan described the allegations as “fabricated inaccuracies” and “examples of brazen falsity”. He specifically rejected a claim that he was behind alleged hidden-camera photographs of Diana taken in a gym.
The dispute concerns Spencer’s book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister. The supplied material says the memoir contains several claims, including an account that King Charles said, “we’ll forget her soon enough” after Diana died. That claim has prompted a separate war of words between Spencer and Buckingham Palace, the report says.
The available source does not provide the palace’s response or establish whether Morgan has formally filed legal proceedings. It also does not set out the evidence cited by either Morgan or Spencer, identify the passage in full or state whether the alleged photographs were published. No response from Spencer to Morgan’s threatened action is included.
The Guardian reported Morgan’s position and the wider dispute surrounding the memoir. The source material does not indicate the amount of damages sought or the court in which any case would be brought.
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