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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Amy Mackelden

Royal Butler Says Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson's Relationship "Disintegrated" After One Crucial Promise Was Broken

Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson attend the Epsom Derby on June 3, 1987.

At one point, Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson were incredibly close. However, the pair fell out, and at the time of Princess Diana's death, they were estranged. Now, a former royal butler has written about the reason for Diana and Ferguson's relationship "disintegrating."

In his new book The Royal Insider: My Life With The Queen, The King, and Princess Diana, former butler Paul Burrell explored what happened between the two royals. "Fergie formed a friendship with Diana, Princess of Wales, from the beginning of 1982," Burrell wrote (via the Daily Mail). "They would discuss the dour men in grey suits within the Royal Household, nicknamed 'the enemy within.'"

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