Paul Burrell RVM (born 6 June 1958)[2][3] is a former servant of the British Royal Household and latterly butler to Diana, Princess of Wales.
[7] He attended William Rhodes Secondary School in Chesterfield before entering High Peak College in Buxton, where he studied hotel management.
[7][4] In 1987, Burrell joined the household of Charles and Diana at Highgrove House, Gloucestershire, acting as butler to the princess until her death in August 1997.
The trial collapsed after evidence was given that the Queen had spoken with him regarding disputed events and a public-interest immunity (PII) certificate was presented by the Crown Prosecution Service.
[13] He was also questioned on a letter to him from Diana in October 1996, in which she said her husband was planning to have her killed to make the path clear for him to marry Camilla Parker Bowles.
[14][15] The coroner dismissed notions of a "secret" that Burrell knew about Diana that he swore he "would never reveal," as detailed at the end of his book, A Royal Duty.
[19] On 18 February 2008, The Sun newspaper reported that Burrell had admitted, on tape, that he had not told "the whole truth" during his appearance at the Diana inquest; he also said he had thrown in a "few red herrings".
In early 2006, he appeared as Richard Gere on ITV's Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes, singing "Razzle Dazzle" from Chicago, the film version of the Broadway musical.
In February 2017, Burrell and his house in Peckforton appeared in an episode of ITV's UK reality TV series Through the Keyhole with Keith Lemon.
[34] On 16 November 2023, during an appearance on the ITV British breakfast television programme Lorraine, he announced that he had been given the "all clear" regarding his cancer but would need further follow up and medical care.