Earl Spencer Torn Apart Live On Air As One Brutal Sentence Leaves Him Exposed
Royal commentator Kinsey Schofield has launched a furious attack on Earl Spencer, accusing Princess Diana’s brother of profiting from her death while simultaneously calling for Prince Harry to receive taxpayer-funded security.
Appearing on TalkTV on Monday, September 21, Schofield criticised Spencer’s new memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, as discussion continued over his recent comments about King Charles and the Duke of Sussex.
Her intervention came after Spencer publicly backed greater protection for Harry and spoke about what he described as the damaging effect of relentless media coverage.
Schofield, however, questioned why taxpayers should fund the Duke’s security and argued that Spencer should contribute himself if he feels so strongly about the issue.
“If you’re going to make millions upon millions of dollars on your dead sister, the least you can do is chuck some millions of dollars towards your nephew’s security,” she said.
Her claim about Spencer making “millions” from the memoir was an accusation made during the TalkTV discussion rather than a verified figure provided in the source.
Schofield Launches Scathing Attack
Schofield continued by suggesting Spencer should use any money generated by the book to help fund Harry’s protection.
“If you feel so strongly about Harry being protected, then use the money that you’re generating – thanks to the corpse of your sister, Harry’s mother – to pay for said security,” she said.
Asked by host Jeremy Kyle whether she believed British taxpayers were being “ripped off” by calls for publicly funded protection, Schofield replied: “100%.”
She added: “Harry is not a working royal. According to his father, he’s a private citizen.”
Her comments followed Spencer’s appearance with Laura Kuenssberg on BBC One, where he discussed Harry and Meghan’s treatment by the media as well as his concerns about Harry’s security.
Spencer Says He ‘Would Veer Towards Protection’
During the BBC interview, Spencer argued that lessons should be learned from Diana’s experiences with the press.
“If you look at an article in a tabloid about Diana or the couple that you were mentioning, Harry and Meghan, you know, they can be really, really unpleasant,” he said.
“And I think it would be really beholden on people to learn from Diana’s example.”
Spencer stressed that he was not speaking directly on behalf of Harry and Meghan.
“I’m not here to speak for Harry and Meghan,” he said.
“But, for anyone who’s being destroyed in this way daily, it must be such a cancerous influence in their life.”
He then turned specifically to Harry’s security situation.
“I would say that I personally worry about the fifth in line to the throne, who’s served in the military, not having any police protection,” Spencer said.
“As an uncle who’s seen his sister die in very, very preventable circumstances, I would veer towards protection.”
Fresh Clash With King Charles
The security row comes as Spencer remains embroiled in a separate dispute with King Charles over claims contained in his memoir.
Spencer recently accused the King of “gaslighting” him following a Buckingham Palace response to allegations in the book.
Speaking to The Mail on Sunday, he said: “It is not every day you wake up to find you’ve been gaslit by the King.”
He described the Palace response as “astonishingly provocative and below the belt”, arguing that it was effectively suggesting he had been dishonest without directly denying his version of events.
Spencer also compared the wording with the famous “recollections may vary” response issued by Buckingham Palace following Harry and Meghan’s Oprah Winfrey interview.
“I also thought it was a rather poor imitation of the ‘recollections may vary’ quote,” he said.
He described that earlier wording as “a much more elegant way of putting things”, while insisting it was inappropriate in the circumstances surrounding his own memoir.
Spencer Insists Diana Would Support the Book
Despite the criticism surrounding Swan Song, Spencer has remained unapologetic about publishing his account.
He insisted that he was “telling the truth” about the events described in the memoir and claimed that Diana herself would have approved.
Spencer concluded that his late sister “would be cheering from the rafters at this book”.
That position has done little to quiet the controversy.
With Spencer criticising the Palace, backing Harry on security and defending his memoir, while commentators such as Schofield question his motives, the dispute surrounding Diana’s legacy has become increasingly bitter just as the book reaches the public.