Princess Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell has broken his silence on Earl Spencer’s book, telling Piers Morgan it is “more about Earl Spencer than it is about his sister Diana”
Princess Diana’s former butler has spoken out about Earl Spencer’s book with a scathing message on Piers Morgan’s programme.
Paul Burrell has challenged Spencer’s assertions that the King was ‘giddy with excitement’ following Princess Diana’s death and branded him as ‘jealous’.
Diana’s ex-butler told Morgan during the exclusive chat that he felt the book is “more about Earl Spencer than it is about his sister Diana.”
He went on to say that the “rather spiteful revengeful point of view that he’s penned” bears no resemblance to what he witnessed, having spent considerable time with the Princess prior to her death in 1997.
Burrell revealed he was present when the King reached Paris after Diana’s passing and the Earl’s portrayal of him being ‘giddy with excitement’ couldn’t be further from reality.
He said: “He speaks about the King being giddy with excitement when Diana died. Well Piers, I was in Paris, I saw the king.
“He was a broken man. He was devastated”.
The ex-butler went on to describe how when Charles emerged from the chamber where Diana was laid to rest with her sisters, he had obviously been weeping, “his eyes were bloodshot”.
“He was pale and he was scared,” said Burrell.
He continued: “I don’t recognise what Earl Spencer says about Prince Charles.”
He also emphasised the “fractured” bond between the brother and sister, and Diana’s relationship with her entire family.
He said: “The last five years of her life are pretty vague in the book because he knows nothing about them.
The staff member disclosed that he could “count on one hand” the number of times Spencer had come to Kensington Palace for lunch, even acknowledging in a letter to Diana that he was “on the periphery” of her life.
Burrell stated: “He was not part of her world. “.
“They [Diana’s family] were jealous of her success and the love she had from people around the world. “.