Piers Morgan has delivered a brutal instant response to Earl Spencer over the 'vengeful' attack on King Charles in his upcoming book. Spencer's book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, is due to be published next week and is expected to be highly critical of the Royal Family, with snippets already released taking swipes at Charles and receiving a response from the palace.
Spencer denies being 'vengeful'
However, speaking to CBS, Spencer told Mark Phillips “I'm at a stage of my life where the past is the past. I don’t hold resentments. I’m not a vengeful, resentful person. I’m just an eyewitness to history.”
In the interview Spencer explained that he does not have a personal relationship with Charles, but does respect him as King. He added: "I'm not being rude about them. I'm not interested in the Royal Family."
Morgan's response
Piers Morgan was quick to respond to these comments, sharing a snippet of the interview to his X account with the caption: "He says, having waited 30 years to launch a vengeful resentful attack on King Charles." The post was followed by an eye rolling emoji.
Morgan has already been highly critical of Spencer's book, in a similar vein he has to Harry and Meghan's return to the UK, calling it a "parody". In another rant on X, the 61-year-old said: "I've seen some brass necks in my time but Earl Spencer slamming the 'malign cancerous' way the media supposedly treat Harry/Meghan, whilst simultaneously flogging his book which treats King Charles in a malign cancerous way (as our 77-year-old Monarch actually battles cancer) is beyond parody."
Book claims and palace response
Spencer claims in the memoir that the King, who was then the Prince of Wales, said "we'll forget her soon enough" during a disagreement over whether young Princes William and Harry should walk in Diana's funeral procession.
Buckingham Palace issued a strongly worded response to the claim that said the King was "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".
Spencer responded to the statement, declaring that the King is "gaslighting" him as he stands by the comments he said were exchanged over the phone. The earl said he told "close friends and family" about the "monstrous" comment.
