The Royal Insider by Paul Burrell

 

 

 The Royal Insider: My Life with the Queen, the King, and Princess Diana by Paul Burrell. Sphere, an imprint of Little, Brown, 2025. Memoir.

     In his sixties now, Paul Burrell is ready to tell the story of his life. Growing up poor, he tells how he got a job at Buckingham Palace and worked his way up to serving the Queen herself. After some years, he chooses to work for Charles and Diana. Paul has married Maria, a maid for Prince Phillip and they want to settle down with their two little boys. Highgrove would enable them to have their own place.  He works for Diana after she and Charles split up. 

      Much later, after the death of Princess Diana, Paul Burrell is charged with stealing some of her treasures and belongings. Only the Queen helps him. Paul tells of how he met and married his husband Coop. He has been on celebrity reality shows in England and has undergone treatment for prostate cancer. He tells all honestly and truly still believes in the royalty he spent so much of his life serving. His perspectives on their current situations is enlightening.