{"id":2085189,"date":"2025-10-12T04:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T04:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2085189"},"modified":"2025-10-12T04:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T04:12:14","slug":"harry-wouldnt-have-married-meghan-if-diana-was-alive-ex-royal-butler-paul-burrell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/harry-wouldnt-have-married-meghan-if-diana-was-alive-ex-royal-butler-paul-burrell\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Harry wouldn\u2019t have married Meghan if Diana was alive\u2019 \u2013 ex Royal butler Paul Burrell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-test=\"article-body-text\">\n<p>Paul Burrell, the former servant of the royal household and personal butler to Diana, Princess of Wales, joins Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley in the Daily T studio to discuss his new book, The Royal Insider.<\/p>\n<p>Burrell spent over a decade serving Elizabeth II before working for <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/king-charles\/\">The King<\/a> and Diana at <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2025\/07\/20\/king-embroiled-in-row-over-highgrove-gardens\/\">Highgrove<\/a>, and he opens up about life behind palace walls with the late Queen and the Princess.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He recalls candid private exchanges with Queen Elizabeth, alleged details about her health, and a furious confrontation with Charles over lying to Diana.<\/p>\n<p>The former butler also shares what really happened on the night his beloved Diana died, what the late Princess of Wales would have thought of <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2025\/10\/10\/prince-harry-meghan-new-york-mental-health-award\/\">Meghan and Catherine<\/a>, and how Elizabeth II helped him avoid prison.<\/p>\n<p><em>Watch episodes of The Daily T <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVBV8Pt89mSFIFfZBPkWUoB6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>. You can also listen on <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4m8VUURbHVccXOxne8NaUP?si=4eee953d3cb3425e&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=3d71d048fcab4f46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Spotify<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/the-daily-t\/id1489612924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Apple Podcasts<\/em><\/a><em>, or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.telegraph.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Burrell, the former servant of the royal household and personal butler to Diana, Princess of Wales, joins Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley in the Daily T studio to discuss his new book, The Royal Insider. 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