Princess Diana ’s former butler decided to write a book, and the Crown is nervous. Those who work closest to the British royal family are also their closest confidants. Sometimes, years after their loyal service, they decide to recount staggering details about their ex-employers’ private lives. Such is the case of Paul Burrell and his book, The Royal Insider: My Life with The Queen, The King and Princess Diana , currently being serialized by the Daily Mail and due for release on September 11. The Briton worked with the former Princess of Wales for a decade, from 1987 until her tragic death in 1997 .

In one section, Burrell recalls that she abhorred one of the royal family’s most ancestral traditions: hunting . “Diana was a city girl. She disliked country pursuits: horses, s

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