Princess Diana didn’t hide her feelings when it came to visiting the Sandringham estate for Christmas, telling biographer Andrew Morton that the experience was “terrifying and so disappointing” on numerous levels. The “minefield” of royal rules and traditions left her feeling exhausted, and Diana’s former butler, Paul Burrell, says that the princess eventually decided she’d rather spend Christmas “by herself.”
Speaking exclusively to Marie Claire on behalf of Casino.org, Burrell, who worked for Diana for the last decade of her life, says that the princess “tried her very best” to fit in at Sandringham.
