“It’s ALL Bull***!” EXCLUSIVE: Piers Morgan To SUE Earl Spencer Over Diana Book

September 21, 2026

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"It's ALL Bull***!" — Piers Morgan Sues Earl Spencer Over Diana Book

Piers Morgan opened his show with a direct accusation: Earl Spencer's new book about Princess Diana contains fabricated inaccuracies, and Morgan is suing. The proof, Morgan claimed, is in a single passage about him that is so easily disproven that it calls the credibility of the entire book into question.

The central factual error

Morgan zeroed in on one specific passage. Spencer writes that in 1993, Morgan — as editor of the Daily Mirror — published photographs taken with hidden cameras of Diana working out in a leotard. Spencer claims the resulting public outrage forced the Mirror group to pay Diana £1 million in legal costs and £200,000 to her charities, and that Morgan was later named in an article about editors responsible for paparazzi culture.

Morgan's response is blunt: "It's all bullshit. And very, very easy bullshit for me to prove."

The photographs were published by the Sunday Mirror on November 7, 1993. Morgan did not join the Daily Mirror until October 1995 — nearly two years later. At the time of the gym pictures, he was writing a showbiz column for the Mirror's arch-rival, The Sun. He had nothing to do with the story.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **Piers Morgan’s Opening Monologue: Accusation and Rebuttal** - Morgan launches into a blistering critique of Earl Spencer’s new book, accusing him of lying and hypocrisy, before making an exclusive revelation.
2 (03:32) **The Core Lie: Morgan’s Timeline Refutes Spencer’s Claim** - Morgan presents the factual timeline that debunks Spencer’s specific accusation against him, undermining the book’s credibility.
3 (08:31) **Panel Discussion: The Royals Uncensored Hosts React** - Morgan is joined by Joe Elvin, Katie Nicholl, and Grant Harrold to analyze the fallout and Spencer’s motivations.
4 (15:00) **The Hypocrisy and the “Mafia Boss” Threat** - The panel dissects Spencer’s contradictory behavior and the implied threat in his book.
5 (17:27) **The “Valet” Rumour: A Deliberate Smear** - The panel discusses an incendiary, unprovable rumour about King Charles included in the book.
6 (19:46) **Further Hypocrisies and the King’s Response** - The panel continues to catalog Spencer’s inconsistencies and the royal family’s reaction.
7 (23:20) **Interview: Danny Kennedy (Daily Mail US)** - Morgan speaks with an American journalist to gauge US reaction to the royal scandal.

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Show Notes

In this explosive episode of Uncensored, Piers Morgan responds to Earl Spencer’s controversial new book - and reveals he will be taking legal action against him for a specific claim he made about Piers that he can easily prove to be false.

Charles Spencer - the brother of the late Princess Diana - has accused the media and King Charles of invading royal privacy, claiming a duty to history. But as Piers exclusively reveals, Spencer’s claims contain categorical falsehoods.

Joining Piers to discuss is The Royals Uncensored hosts Katie Nicholl, Jo Elvin and Harrold Grant, plus royal biographer Tom Bower, historian Tessa Dunlop and Daily Mail US reporter Dana Kennedy.

(00:00:00) Piers Morgan's bombshell monologue

(00:09:07) Jo Elvin, Grant Harrold, and Katie Nicholl join

(00:13:27) Grant Harrold on being a royal butler at the time of Diana's death

(00:23:37) Dana Kennedy on what Americans think of the story

(00:31:17) Tom Bower and Tessa Dunlop

(00:45:47) Bill O'Reilly

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