Prince Harry Reportedly Plots Diana Documentary as Earl Spencer’s Explosive Memoir Shakes the Palace

Prince Harry's 2022 Netflix documentary already tore his family apart on camera.

Now he is reportedly circling a Diana documentary timed to her thirtieth death anniversary.

Earl Spencer's bombshell memoir about King Charles may have just handed Harry his opening.

Harry Reportedly Reaches Out to Diana's Inner Circle

Harry is reportedly in talks to produce a documentary marking thirty years since Princess Diana's death in August 2027.

He has allegedly reached out to her old friends and relatives, including her brother, Earl Charles Spencer, to take part.

Sources describe the project as still forming, and a friend of Harry's told The Telegraph he is still weighing the most meaningful way to honor his mother during the anniversary year.

The likely home for the project is Archewell Productions, the company Harry runs with Meghan Markle, which holds a first look deal with Netflix.

Meghan is reportedly helping shape the documentary's narrative and could end up narrating it herself.

Buckingham Palace has worked for years to keep the Sussexes out of the institution's business.

A Diana documentary built around Harry and Meghan's account of events is the Palace's nightmare scenario realized in real time.

Earl Spencer's Book Reopens the Wound

The timing is not a coincidence.

Earl Spencer just released his memoir, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, and it is already tearing at old scabs inside the family.

Spencer claims King Charles brushed off concerns about the boys walking in Diana's funeral procession by saying, "Rest assured, we'll forget her soon enough!"

Buckingham Palace responded with a statement noting that grief "can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory," a carefully lawyered way of calling Spencer's memory unreliable without calling him a liar.

Prince William is reportedly livid over both the book and the documentary talk, having quietly absorbed years of his brother's public airings without hitting back.

He is not likely to stay quiet forever.

Harry watched his uncle's memoir dominate headlines and reportedly decided the moment was right to put his project into motion.

William Refuses to Answer Reporters Outside a London Cinema

Spencer did not warn William, Harry, or Buckingham Palace about what was in the book before it hit shelves.

That is notable given how close Spencer remains to Harry, who visited his uncle over the summer.

Both brothers reportedly found out what their uncle wrote about their parents' marriage the same way the rest of the country did.

William got asked about it directly on September 22, arriving at a community cinema in Acton for an event with young filmmakers.

A reporter called out, "Sir, how do you feel about your uncle's book?"

William said nothing, kept walking, and disappeared inside for an hour without answering a single question about it.

That silence is the closest thing to a public reaction the future king has given since Spencer's claims started dominating headlines.

The Sussexes Have Run This Play Before

This is not Harry's first attempt to control the Diana narrative on camera.

In December 2022, Harry and Meghan released their Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan, accusing the royal family of racism and betrayal while the Palace stayed almost entirely silent in public.

That silence did not stop the fallout, and royal commentators spent months calling it the most damaging insider account since Diana's own 1995 BBC interview.

Harry followed that with his memoir Spare, dragging fresh details about William and Charles into print for anyone with a library card.

Every project has followed the same pattern: Harry claims he is protecting his mother's legacy, and the Palace ends up cleaning up the wreckage afterward.

Charles is trying to project stability on the throne while two of the people closest to Diana simultaneously reopen the worst chapter of his reign.

William has to watch a Netflix-produced retelling of his mother's death get built around his brother's version of events, narrated by the sister-in-law he reportedly cannot stand.

The Palace can issue all the carefully worded statements it wants about clouded memory, but it cannot stop Harry from controlling the story once cameras start rolling.

Sources:

• Cassidy Morrison, "Just In: Prince Harry Reportedly To Produce Diana Documentary," The Gateway Pundit, September 22, 2026.
• "Prince Harry is reportedly in talks to make a documentary about his mother Princess Diana ahead of the 30th anniversary of her death," Ladbible, September 22, 2026.
• "Earl Charles Spencer's tell-all book guarantees Windsors and Spencers will be divided for generations," GB News.
• "Prince Harry is working on a Princess Diana documentary as William feud and uncle's new book add pressure: Reports," The Statesman.
• "Netflix vs. Buckingham Palace: Spat Intensifies Over 'Harry & Meghan,'" Variety, December 2022.