Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s experience ‘echoes’ what happened to Princess Diana, says Charles Spencer

Earl Spencer says media treatment of Harry and Meghan ‘echoes’ Diana’s experience

Comments come after he accused King Charles of gaslighting him in response to claims made in new memoir Earl Spencer has said the relationship between the press and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex “echoes” the way the media treated his sister Diana, Princess of Wales. In an interview with the BBC to be aired on Sunday evening, Spencer described the press’s coverage of Harry and Meghan as having a “cancerous influence”, adding it would be “beholden on people to learn from Diana’s example”. Continu

Sep 20, 2026

Prince Harry and Prince William awkwardly dodge questions about uncle Charles Spencer’s Princess Diana memoir

"Swan Song: Diana, My Sister,” Spencer's book about his late sister, Diana, was released worldwide on Tuesday.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s experience ‘echoes’ what happened to Princess Diana, says Charles Spencer

Diana's brother sat down with BBC to promote his bombshell book about his late sister, "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister," which hits bookshelves Tuesday.

Sep 20, 2026