BREAKING NEWS: Piers Morgan warns about ‘open royal war’ after Earl Spencer remarks
King Charles and Earl Spencer clash erupts across UK front pages as Diana bombshell sends shockwaves through Palace
King Charles has found himself at the centre of a fresh royal storm after an extraordinary dispute with Princess Diana’s brother dominated the front pages of several British newspapers.
The rare intervention from Buckingham Palace followed explosive claims made by Earl Spencer in his forthcoming memoir about the days immediately after Diana’s death in 1997.
And now outspoken broadcaster Piers Morgan has added further fuel to the controversy, sharing extracts from Spencer’s book and describing the unfolding dispute in striking terms.
The claims centre on an alleged private conversation between Spencer and the then-Prince of Wales shortly after Diana was killed in a Paris car crash.
According to excerpts reported from Spencer’s memoir, Charles allegedly told Diana’s brother: “Rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough.”
The alleged remark has prompted a strong response from Buckingham Palace, which unusually addressed claims made in an upcoming book.
A Palace spokesperson stressed that the Royal Household does not normally comment on books, before issuing a carefully worded statement about the reliability of memories formed during periods of profound grief.
“His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgement and colour memory in ways others do not recognise, even many years after such a loss,” the statement said.
The response immediately became one of the most discussed elements of the controversy.
Rather than directly addressing whether the alleged words were spoken, the Palace highlighted the effect that grief can have on recollections decades later.
Spencer, however, has subsequently insisted that his memory is clear.
In a BBC interview, Diana’s brother said he was certain about what Charles had said and declared: “I’m telling the truth.”
The dispute has now developed into an extraordinary clash between Diana’s family and the institution she married into.
The controversy was prominently reported across British newspaper front pages, bringing renewed attention to one of the most emotionally charged periods in the modern history of the monarchy.
Piers Morgan then weighed in on the debate.
The broadcaster shared several lines from Spencer’s book on X, formerly known as Twitter, and expressed his own assessment of the significance of the allegations.
“My god.. these two lines from Earl Spencer’s book on Diana,” Morgan wrote.
He described the claims as difficult to imagine being “more incendiary” and said they appeared “deliberately aimed to harm King Charles’ reputation”.
Morgan then added: “This is open Royal war now.”
Those are Morgan’s characterisations of the dispute, rather than a description issued by Buckingham Palace or Earl Spencer.
Nevertheless, his intervention has helped push the controversy even further into the public spotlight.
The timing is particularly striking because the allegations concern events that took place almost three decades ago.
Diana died in August 1997, yet the circumstances surrounding her death and the treatment of her memory by the Royal Family continue to generate intense public interest.
Spencer’s memoir now threatens to reopen some of those old wounds.
For Charles, the controversy is also deeply personal.
Diana was his former wife and the mother of his two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.
Any fresh claims about the aftermath of her death inevitably bring attention back to the young princes, who were still children when their mother died.
Harry, meanwhile, has remained publicly silent on the latest controversy.
The Duke has been in Britain for his own engagements connected to the Invictus Games, choosing to focus on his charitable work rather than comment on the increasingly bitter exchange involving his father and uncle.
But with Spencer’s memoir yet to be fully released, the story may have further chapters to come.
The Palace has responded.
Spencer has doubled down.
And commentators such as Morgan are warning of the potential consequences.
What began as a disputed recollection of a private conversation has now become a very public confrontation over Diana’s legacy — with King Charles and her brother on opposing sides of a dispute that has suddenly returned to the centre of the royal spotlight.
