{
  "id": 8991906,
  "title": "Piers Morgan Taking Legal Action Over Claims From Princess Diana's Brother",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/piers-morgan-taking-legal-action-over-claims-from-princess-dianas",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-21T19:50:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Newsweek",
    "slug": "newsweek",
    "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/piers-morgan-taking-legal-action-over-claims-from-princess-dianas-brother-12469754"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Earl Charles Spencer, Princess Diana's younger brother, has alleged in his upcoming memoir, Swan Song, that Piers Morgan was irritated when he was not invited to Princess Diana's funeral in 1997. Spencer claims to have personally contacted newspaper editors to prevent them from attending the service, with only Morgan being the exception, according to the memoir excerpt. Morgan, who was the editor of the Daily Mirror at the time, has denied these claims, describing the allegations as \"demonstrable lies,\" and has now threatened legal action against Spencer.",
  "summary": "Piers Morgan has threatened legal action over claims made about him by Earl Spencer in his new memoir about Princess Diana.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Princess Diana’s brother accuses King Charles of gaslighting amid book claims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/princess-dianas-brother-accuses-king-charles-of-gaslighting-amid-book",
        "published": "2026-09-21T18:55:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}