Charles Spencer’s Diana Book Gets a Half-Price Reality Check

How well did Earl Spencer’s Princess Diana memoir sell on its first morning, and why is Piers Morgan threatening legal action? Swan Song: Diana, My Sister launched to quiet scenes and a 50 percent discount at major London bookshops, while Spencer admitted that the book wrongly connected Morgan to the publication of Diana’s secretly taken gym photographs. We examine Spencer’s apology, Morgan’s demand that copies be withdrawn, the disputed claims about King Charles, Queen Camilla’s reported call for restraint and the debate over whether the memoir honors Diana or exploits memories she cannot challenge.

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