A Royal Duty: The poignant and remarkable untold story of the Princess of Wales

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Or as his wife, the mother of their two young boys, told him: "She had you by the balls in her lifetime, and she's still got you by the balls now. Not quite, for Paul Burrell still boasts that he is keeping a secret from Princess Diana and he is not willing to share this secret. and i think that is a believeable motive, despite the vast sums of money that he has made from the book.

She was dependent upon him for everything under the sun and Paul was the strongest pillar of her life. I am rather convinced that mr Burrell was indeed innocent and that the Spencer family was behind it. Burrell seemed to have gotten caught up the cycle so much so that he put his own family on the back burner so he could be as involved as possible in the daily life of Diana. although, i have to admit that when i heard the other day that he is planning to release another book on diana soon, his credibility starts to slip. This title intends to reveal fresh truths about Princess Diana - and presents for an account of her thoughts.Prince Philip - tough but fair - receives his first good press in half a century as counsellor to Diana, while the union between these paragons is presented, in contrast to many recent accounts, as a model to us all: "I never once heard a raised voice between husband and wife . bits of hatred directed at Charles and Camilla, smaller darts towards Princess Margaret and the old lush in the flowered hat otherwise known as "Granny" (she hates smoked salmon sandwiches but loves gin).

I think most British people remember where they were/what they doing when they heard about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Burrell learned that his first duty was invisibility: "At Sandringham House, maids would dart into a walk-in cupboard under the stairs so as not to be seen when the Queen was coming down the stairs.Or Shakespeare, or architecture, or history teaching, or ecosystems, or Islam, or the holistic approach to life. His wife should be proclaimed a saint for not leaving him even after the princess almost rejected her entirely and didn't speak to her for a year (while her husband did nothing to mend the situation).

Rather than the late night visits of Charles to see Camilla, I'd have rather heard about how the ceremony around weddings, funerals, etc. Mr Burrell hasn't diffused all the mystery surrounding the princess' legacy either, because he dropped many hints of secrets he is keeping for her. The next section is Paul getting a job as the lowest of the low, dish washer, in Buckingham Palace and working his way up to 12 years service as the Queen's footman. Interestingly the same can be said about his careful omissions, which not only protect the Princess but himself as well.There have been other books written which were much more damaging to the Royal family than this one, so I'm not quite sure why this was viewed with such scorn by so many.