Princess Diana’s former butler, who has recognized Prince Harry “all his life”, mentioned he doesn’t recognise “the young man I see today.”
Paul Burrell, a 64-year-old British servant-turned-author, who was additionally a footman to the late Queen when he was a teen, gave an interview on Sunrise Tuesday morning to speak about Harry’s bombshell memoir Spareand his headline-making TV interviews this week.
Burrell, who has beforehand claimed Diana informed him he was the “only man” she trusted, mentioned the 38-year-old Duke of Sussex had “changed fundamentally”.
“I first met him in his mummy’s tummy … I don’t recognise the young man I see today. That’s not the boy I knew,” Burrell informed Seven’s Matt Doran and Monique Wright from Florida.
“What I see now is an angry, petulant, privileged prince who is constantly blaming other people and not taking accountability on his part.
“The princess [Diana] will be appalled by what she’s hearing now. She would be angry at these personal, vindictive revelations which don’t just undermine Harry, but his country, his family, the institution – which his mother was very proud of – and his late grandmother’s legacy.
“She went to her grave thinking that one of her family was a racist,” he mentioned of the Queen, referring to Harry and Meghan’s bombshell claims in final yr’s Oprah interview.
“And now we hear, ‘Oh no, we never said that.’ I’m as confused as you are – and I know the major players.”
As for what’s pushed Harry to talk out, Burrell blamed Meghan Markle for the Duke’s “vindictive” behaviour, saying she was the one “driving him behind the scenes.”
“This isn’t just a book written by Harry … Meghan’s had a huge influence in this book,” Burrell claimed.
“She’s beside him steering him on his path. You can’t just blame Harry. You have to blame the both of them.
“I don’t like to see the rug being pulled beneath the feet of our King and Harry’s brother, who is on his way to being King.
“And the snipes that have gone forward about Kate [Middleton] … Kate has never put a foot wrong. But the other side of the story will never be heard because the royals believe there’s great dignity in silence.”
Back in 2017, Burrell informed the breakfast program he hadn’t spoken to William and Harry since Diana’s demise in 1997.
Burrell was her butler from 1987 up till her demise in a automobile crash a decade later.
He added in Tuesday’s interview that Diana would’ve wished “much more” for Harry.
“Of course she wanted you to marry for love, but she also wanted you to be your brother’s wingman,” he mentioned.
“She wanted you two to support each other through life. And Harry’s job was to help William on his road to being monarch of England.”
Among the numerous revelations in Harry’s memoir, which was leaked final Friday forward of its January 11 launch, included a bodily struggle with Prince William over Meghan, Charles teasing him concerning the id of his “real father”, dropping his virginity aged 17 and killing a complete of 25 folks whereas serving in Afghanistan.
He additionally delved into Kate and Meghan’s relationship breakdown, confirming the pair obtained in an argument about bridesmaids attire for Meghan and Harry’s marriage ceremony in 2018.
