Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 31 ga Agusta, 1997, 'yar uwarsa Diana ta mutu bayan hatsarin mota a Paris kuma Spencer ya ba da jawabi a
an yi jana'izarta a Westminster Abbey bayan kwana shida. A cikin jawabinsa ya tsawata wa dangin sarauta na Burtaniya da kuma 'yan jarida saboda yadda suka bi da' yar'uwarsa. Spencer ya yi watsi da ka'idodin makirci game da mutuwar 'yar'uwarsa, kuma ya kira wasiƙar da ta rubuta watanni 10 kafin mutuwarta wanda ta tattauna game da tsoron da ta yi game da hadarin da aka shirya "kawai wani abin mamaki ne maimakon haɗuwa da gaskiya". Spencer ya sami gafara daga Tim Davie, babban darakta na BBC, a ƙarshen 2020 don ayyukan da ba su dace ba da ma'aikatan BBC suka yi amfani da su don samun yardar 'yar'uwarsa don yin hira a watan Nuwamba 1995 don shirin talabijin na "Panorama" na kamfanin. Earl ya ce ya kamata a gudanar da cikakken bincike wanda Davie ya ce zai faru.