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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Amy Mackelden

Princess Diana Called One Experience a "Traumatic Nightmare," Which Left Her "Close to Tears," According to a Former Royal Butler

Diana, Princess of Wales (1961 - 1997) wearing a red suit by Catherine Walker during a visit to Pudsey in West Yorkshire, UK, July 1989.

Throughout her life, Princess Diana was fairly candid about her experience joining the Royal Family. Following her tragic death in August 1997, some of the people who worked for Diana started writing about their own experiences interacting with the former Princess of Wales.

In his book A Royal Duty, former butler, Paul Burrell, opened up about some of the things Diana allegedly told him during his tenure at the palace. According to Burrell, the princess particularly struggled with moving on from the life she had before she married King Charles.

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