Piers Morgan: Diana's Brother Has Started A 'Royal War,' Wants To 'Settle Scores'

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Charles Spencer's upcoming book "Swan Song: Diana, my sister," about the late Princess Diana, hasn't even hit bookshelves yet but it's already causing a massive scandal. In fact, Piers Morgan even warned that the book could start a "royal war." The controversial broadcaster talked about Spencer's new memoir in a September 10 appearance on "The Royals Uncensored," during which Morgan suggested that the earl may have written the book as revenge. "He is planning, I think, a book where he'll settle scores. I'm probably going to be one of them," the former "Good Morning Britain" host quipped with a chuckle. "I've had a rocky old ride with old Earl Spencer, but I think that book, coupled with the news of [Prince Harry] making a documentary [about his mother] — again, bringing back the ghost of Diana in this way — is designed to be very divisive within the royal family, right?"

Over on X, the outspoken commentator highlighted two notable passages from "Swan Song" that he found particularly shocking: "My god.. these two lines from Earl Spencer's book on Diana. Hard to imagine more incendiary claims, or ones more deliberately aimed to harm King Charles' reputation. This is open Royal war now." The first was from a chapter about Diana's death, where Spencer described King Charles III's callous reaction, writing, "He sounded giddily elated — like a lottery winner." The other involved a conversation Spencer claimed to have had with Diana, in which the princess alluded to Charles' sexuality by claiming that he was "in love with his valet." After the Daily Mail published an excerpt from the book, Morgan tweeted, "My God... the bombshells in here are off the charts." He's not the only one who was gagged by the earl's shocking claims either. 

The explosive revelations contained in Charles Spencer's upcoming "Swan Song" were so shocking and outrageous that Buckingham Palace was compelled to issue a rare statement in response to them. "While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment, and color memory in ways others do not recognize, even many years after such a loss," it noted, per People. As for the king's sons, neither Prince William nor Prince Harry has publicly addressed the memoir, though sources claimed that the Duke of Sussex was told about its contents in advance, whereas his father and William were reportedly totally blindsided.

"There was no courtesy copy, no discreet heads-up, nothing," an insider disclosed to gossip columnist Rob Shuter's "Naughty But Nice" Substack. "The king and William were left to discover some of the most damaging allegations essentially alongside the public," they added. "For a book this personal, that was extraordinary." Sadly, as recent events show, "Nearly 30 years after Diana's death, the divisions inside her family are still painfully alive."

Spencer revealed that he was inspired to write "Swan Song" after receiving numerous requests for interviews ahead of the 30th anniversary of the beloved royal's death. Diana was killed in a fatal car crash in Paris, on August 31, 1997, at the age of just 36. "The aim of this book is to tell the truth about Diana from her brother's perspective, just as I attempted to do when speaking at her funeral," the earl said in a statement (via Penguin Random House), adding, "As with my eulogy, I want to speak on Diana's behalf and do so in an openly positive way."