Paul Burrell, Lady Diana’s former butler: “I must share her secrets with William and Harry”

The man the princess Diana of Wales referred to as his “rock”, his butler Paul Burrellhe fears that he may take those secrets with him to his grave, never having the opportunity to tell the children of the late princess, Guillermo y Harry, what he knows about his mother. Lady Diana’s assistant is preparing to undergo prostate cancer surgery, and both the disease and the operating room have haunted him with memories of private moments he shared with Princess Diana, when she confided some of her deepest secrets. deep.

The butler has shown his desire to be able to tell the late princess’s sons, Princes William and Harry, what he knows about their mother: “I know some things aren’t pretty, but if I leave this place and go somewhere else, they will never know. I think they should know, said the princess’s trusted man, without revealing what kind of secrets he is talking about.

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In an interview for the Mirror At his home in Cheshire, the former royal servant opened up about his state of health: “My illness has focused my attention on telling your children things before it’s too late, telling them what they really should know. I think Diana would tell me , ‘Paul, you’ve got to make this a priority. You’ve got to go see my guys.'”

The princess’s assistant revealed that when he found out he had prostate cancer, he was afraid that he would no longer have time to be able to “tell the truth” to Princes William and Harry: “I spent many hours with Diana, both in her happiest moments and in the darkest. She confided in me and there are many things that I have never talked about, but now I feel that it is the right time,” he confessed.

Paul, 64, was Diana’s butler for 10 years until her death in 1997, says nothing about the content of the princess’s secrets, but believes that “what I have to say could bring the boys together again. together, something she would have desperately wanted. I’ll just tell you the truth, that’s all. I’m not looking for anything in return.”

The princes, who have grown increasingly estranged since Harry moved to America with his wife Meghan Markle in 2020, and even more so after the appearance of Harry’s memoir book and the interviews he has given to promote it, they are not together much. Paul has stated that he would like to “try to do my part” to see them reconciled: “Wouldn’t it be wonderful to see the boys repair their relationship and get back to where they should be? The public would love that. I would applaud that,” he said during the interview. .

The princess’s servant would love to “see William put his arm around his brother, but I don’t think we’ll see it because there are too many obstacles in the way.” His greatest wish is to have the chance to sit down with William and “fill in the gaps from those missing years in his mind. The prince could ask me any question and I could answer. I just want to tell the truth. Some of the truth can be hard, but if he does not know, he is not informed”, he explained with the intention that the message reaches the ears of the Prince of Wales.