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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Exclusive: Princess Diana's Former Butler Says She "Willingly Gave Up" Harry and William in the Summer for Heartbreaking Reason

Princess Diana, Prince Harry and Prince William laughing in a log flume.

With summer break in full swing for Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, they'll be enjoying long days outside with their family in Norfolk and Balmoral—with time carved out for royal events like Wimbledon, of course. But Princess Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell, tells Marie Claire that summer break looked much different for Prince William and Prince Harry amid their parents' split in the '90s.

When asked what summer looked like for Diana and her boys at Kensington Palace, Burrell—speaking on behalf of Casino.org—says their time together was far too brief. Prince Charles and Princess Diana separated in 1992, and from then until her death, she "only ever had the boys for two weeks every year because she gave them up," he shares. "She said it's important for them to grow up with her cousins, with the Royal Family at Balmoral."

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