Earl Spencer has issued a formal apology to Piers Morgan after incorrectly claiming in his new book (released today, for those keen on a pre-reprint edition) that Morgan was Editor of the Mirror when the paper published private photographs of Princess Diana in 1993. Morgan exploded on his YouTube channel about it yesterday, and vowed to set the lawyers on Spencer…
A spokesman for Spencer said this afternoon:
“Mr Morgan was surly and annoyed when Earl Spencer called personally to tell him that he was not welcome at his sister’s funeral… As an historian, accuracy is important to Earl Spencer. He therefore wishes to clarify that his assumption was incorrect. Earl Spencer apologises to Mr Morgan for this error.”
Unlikely to be enough for Piers…
UPDATE – Morgan wants more: “Earl Spencer has apologised to me for his defamatory lies published in his new book, Swan Song, published today. But I am pursuing legal action against him and his publisher Penguin to have the lies removed, and damages paid to the King’s Trust.”
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”