Paul Burrell, Princess Diana's former butler, reveals that her final Christmas was a quiet and lonely one. Despite moments of joy, Diana often felt alone at Christmas.
PRINCESS Diana’s last Christmas was sadly a “very quiet and lonely one”, according to her former butler and confidante Paul Burrell - but it wasn’t without drama.According to royal butler Paul Burrell , Princess Diana spent her last Christmas Day alone in the bath without her boysPaul, who joined the royal household in 1987 and worked for Diana until her death in 1997, claimed Christmas was typically not a happy time for her.
He told Fabulous: “Despite moments of joy, her birthday and Christmas Day were often her loneliest days of the year. “Diana's final Christmas was a very quiet and lonely one. Her Christmas Day was usually spent alone, as she gave up her boys. “She always said, 'well, they need to be with their cousins and the royal family, because they're royal princes'.Princess Diana’s nieces Amelia and Eliza Spencer have ‘revenge dress’ moment “They went to Sandringham to spend it with their relations, rather than her. So she sacrificed them. Her day was a very quiet one.” According to Paul, Diana planned to spend Christmas Day alone at her home - Apartments 8 and 9 at Kensington Palace - having a relaxing bath. He said: “In 1996, her very last Christmas, she said: ‘Go home, unwrap some presents, spend the day with your family, and I'll see you in the morning onHow Kate & William really treat staff at Xmas & it’s VERY different to Meghan“She replied: “Can't you hear? All the alarms are going off, all these sirens are going off and I can't stop them. Help!’' Diana had had an unfortunate mishap with some mood-setting candles, the smoke of which had set off all the fire alarms in the palace, which she affectionately called KP.nice“‘But the smoke from the candles set off the fire alarms.’ I remember exact moment I found out Diana died - & I'll never forget picture I took that day, royal photographer saysPaul said he informed Diana that “all the fire alarms here are linked to the fire stations, and they’re on their wa
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