Prince William and Prince Harry held a secret meeting with Burrell, Princess Diana's ex-butler, in an attempt to gain further insight into their mother's life. Until now, it had been widely believed that the brothers had not spoken to Burrell since their mother's funeral.

They live at Frogmore... Just a stone's throw away from the Queen's sitting room at Windsor Castle, they could have walked up the hill with Archie and a bunch of flowers, popped in to see Granny and said, 'Hi Granny, we're home', that would have been the way to do it, bypass the protocol and go to the family."

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In the book, Harry described how he discovered Burrell's tell-all while in Australia at the age of 19, which left him infuriated. Paul Burrell, former butler to Princess Diana, appeared on Good Morning Britain on Monday where he spoke to hosts Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard. In 2003, he published his autobiography, A Royal Duty, which included his personal account of his Royal service and his close friendship with the late princess, who was arguably one of the world’s most popular and beloved public figures. The meeting, which took place in 2017 at Kensington Palace, occurred just a week before Prince Harry announced his engagement to Meghan Markle. A spokesman for Harry and Meghan said the couple did not contribute to the book, but he did not deny the content of the first of three days of extracts published in the Times and Sunday Times.

It's likely that William and Harry did know about this book and turned a blind eye to that," he stated. It was in 2003 that Paul published his autobiography ‘A Royal Duty,’ which charted not only his private accounts of the Royal households/family but also his connection with the late princess. As if that’s not enough, it even included the specifics of the 2002 court case against him on theft charges in connection with stealing from his friend, along with the way Her Majesty saved him. The former butler had insisted he had over 300 of Princess Diana’s possessions just for long-term safekeeping, and that’s the undeniably essential detail the Queen eventually corroborated. Trying to educate them and say, 'It's not easy for anyone marrying into this family and I'm concerned about you'.In response to Harry's accusations, Burrell expressed his sadness, feeling dismissed and overlooked despite the years he spent with Princess Diana, acting as her confidante. But Meghan soon found found out when she married into the family that she would come up against the grey suits, which Princess Diana found, and they're the people that run the other households within the Royal family. In actuality, his travels included far more than Great Britain and Europe, as his years of service gave him first-hand experience of the most interesting houses in virtually every corner of the world. He said: ""My mother once called this butler a dear friend, trusted him implicitly. We did too. Now this. He was milking her disappearance for money. It made my blood boil.""

During my 21 years of service to the Queen & the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince & Princess of Wales, I have been fortunate to witness the ultimate in stylish and elegant entertaining. He said: "(Harry) has discarded me, but he hasn't thought about all of those years that I spent with his mother, in private, loving her, caring for her, watching out for her. Over the course of 21 years, Paul Burrell rose from member of the Royal household staff to personal attendant to the Queen of England and then butler to the Prince and Princess of Wales. During the meeting, William and Harry sought clarification on various aspects of Princess Diana's life, hoping that Burrell could shed light on their memories and provide a deeper understanding of their mother's experiences.

He insisted that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle knew about the newly-released biography Finding Freedom, but pretended they did not. However, tensions resurfaced when Prince Harry released his memoir, "Spare," where he once again criticized Burrell for capitalizing on their mother's death. We are talking about two very different personalities here, William is rational and calm, and Harry is fiery and hot at times, and so there was obviously a conflict between. The Duke of Sussex allegedly berated Paul Burrell during a private meeting which ended on a sour note.