Earl Spencer has issued an apology to Piers Morgan after incorrectly claiming in his new book, "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister", that the former tabloid editor was responsible for the publication of intrusive photographs of Diana, Princess of Wales, in the mid-1990s.
Morgan had previously threatened legal action against Spencer, citing "fabricated inaccuracies" and "examples of brazen falsity" in the memoir, which was published today. Spencer's book alleged that Morgan was partly responsible for photos taken by an "allegedly hidden camera" of Diana exercising in a leotard.
Morgan clarified on his YouTube show that the pictures were published in the Sunday Mirror on 7 November 1993, while he was working at the Sun. He did not become editor of the Daily Mirror until October 1995.
On Tuesday, Spencer released a statement acknowledging his error and apologising to Morgan. The statement confirmed that Spencer had incorrectly assumed Morgan was the editor of the Mirror at the time the photographs were published.