What We Know About Prince Harry's Rumored Diana Documentary

Earl Charles Spencer's new memoir, "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister," contains a line that has renewed speculation about a Prince Harry-led documentary on Princess Diana, according to Page Six. Spencer, Diana's younger brother, writes that he turned down requests to appear in documentaries about her from several parties, including, he says, "a nephew," without naming which one.

What did Charles Spencer say about Harry's documentary?

In the book, Spencer lists people who asked him to take part in Diana documentaries: Diana's biographer Andrew Morton, former Tony Blair spin doctor Alastair Campbell, and an unnamed nephew, Page Six reported. Diana had two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, and Spencer does not specify which one approached him. The ambiguity is what has fueled the renewed rumors that Harry, 42, is the family member behind an active documentary effort.

Why did Spencer write his own memoir now?

Spencer told readers he chose this moment — the 30th anniversary of Diana's August 1997 death — because he was tired of fielding what he called "endless, repeated requests" to serve as a talking head in other people's projects, Page Six reported.

"Rather than even contemplate being a talking head in a production that will follow the usual flawed lines, with an agenda set by some TV producer I will never meet, or by a network I will never watch, I am going to tell things how I remember them, lay them down for good, once and for all," Spencer writes.

What has Prince Harry actually confirmed?

Nothing officially. Page Six notes reports that Harry is "in talks" to make a documentary, but nothing has been finalized. Earlier this month, the Daily Mail reported that one reason Harry returned to the United Kingdom was to "make a television film, his own film, about his mother." The Daily Mail's senior editor-at-large, Richard Kay, wrote that Harry "has been reaching out to his friends and others who knew" Diana and asking them to contribute, according to Page Six's account of that reporting.

How is this affecting Harry's relationship with William?

Kay's reporting, as relayed by Page Six, claims a Diana documentary would occupy "a lot of [Harry's] headspace over the next 12 months" and has caused "intense frustration" for Prince William. "She was the mother of two boys," Kay wrote. "William is just as much his mother's son as Harry is, and Harry has tried to claim the Diana legacy for himself." Kay added that Harry's use of "the Spencer brand, the Spencer name, to divide himself away from the House of Windsor" is likely to continue.

Page Six also reported that when Harry traveled to the UK in July, he spent considerable time with Diana's relatives at Althorp, the Spencer family estate — a visit royal watchers have cited as circumstantial support for the documentary reports. Neither Harry's representatives nor Buckingham Palace has issued a statement confirming or denying a documentary project, according to the available reporting.