Earl Spencer says he told Barbara Walters in 1997 that the King had remarked, “we’ll forget her soon enough” after Diana, Princess of Wales’s death. The claim appears in his memoir Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, and Buckingham Palace has responded that grief can affect memory and judgment. Spencer rejects any suggestion that his recollection is unreliable.

Five British men arrested near RAF Fairford have been released on police bail, but counter-terrorism police say the investigation remains live. The arrests followed reports of three suspicious vans and masked men near the Gloucestershire airbase used by the US Air Force. Police are examining whether the incident had any connection to Iran or another hostile state, while stressing that they are keeping an open mind. Material found in the vans is understood not to have been viable explosives, and no foreign link has been established. About 85 households were evacuated during the operation before residents were allowed to return home.

The DUP is set to question First Minister Michelle O’Neill over her participation in a weekend protest against an Orange Order parade on Portadown’s Garvaghy Road. The dispute has deepened tensions between Sinn Féin and the DUP, but the supplied reporting indicates that Stormont’s institutions are likely to continue for now while complaints and possible investigations proceed.