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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Iris Goldsztajn

Princess Diana Felt 'Suffocated' By This 'Archaic' Aspect of Royal Life

Charles and Diana Happy and in love at Balmoral after their honeymoon, 19th August 1981.

Princess Diana hated being at Balmoral with the royals — at least according to one former royal butler. Paul Burrell, who used to work for the late Princess of Wales, has opened up about what Diana found stifling about spending her summers in the royal Scottish Estate, and what he had to say is pretty compelling.

"Diana tried to please Charles, so her times at Balmoral were to please him," Paul told Marie Claire US. "She wanted to fit in, she wanted to be loved, she wanted to be accepted, and that was all part of that acceptance." But wanting to fit in in that way "cost" Diana, according to Paul, "because the royals, they're a very difficult lot at times, and they're all individual personalities, all huge egos, all bouncing around in the same place."

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