Charles Spencer, brother of Princess Diana had won a legal victory over a false claim. The fact is he didn’t deny Diana a home following the breakdown of her marriage to Prince Charles. 40 years ago, Diana and Prince Charles wed at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
Earl tweeted about the legal victory, “Today, for the third time, a ‘paper has been forced by the Law to apologise for lying about me “depriving Diana of a home.”
He also included a link to the newspaper’s “Corrections and Clarifications” section. The newspaper clarified, “wrongly stated that Earl Spencer had refused to assist Diana, Princess of Wales, with the offer of a house after the breakdown of her marriage to Prince Charles.”
The newspaper article continued, “We are happy to report that having considered his sister’s safety, and in line with police advice, the Earl offered the Princess of Wales a number of properties including Wormleighton Manor, the Spencer family’s original ancestral home.”
It also stated, “It was wrong to suggest he had refused to help his sister or had failed to protect her from Martin Bashir and concealed evidence of the latter’s deception. We did not intend to suggest that the Earl was to blame for his sister’s death. We apologise to the Earl and have agreed to pay his costs as well as make a payment to him which he will donate to charity.”
Court proceedings showed that Earl had refused his sister’s request to use his Althorp estate in Northamptonshire. Rather he offered Diana to use other homes on the Althorp estate.