Princess Diana's heartwarming confession about the late Queen Elizabeth II revealed in unseen letter
Diana wrote the letter before her death, her former royal butler saidIn an unseen letter, Princess Diana made a heartwarming confession about Queen Elizabeth II as well as her sons Prince William and Prince Harry.
The letter was shared by Diana’s former butler, Paul Burrell, who worked for the royal for 10 years until her death in 1997, and they were close friends.
Paul said Princess Diana wrote the letter sometime between 1993 and 1997. In it, she shared her support for the monarchy.
Princess Diana’s letter was found by her butler
Paul shared Princess Diana’s letter with OK! Magazine.
In one passage, Diana reportedly wrote: “I so want the monarchy to survive and realise the changes that will take to put ‘the show’ on a new and healthy track.”
In another, she wrote: “I am here to support Mama [the Queen] and to bring W + H up in order to cope with the fast changing world we live in. I love my boys to death and hope that the seeds I’ve planted will grow and bring the strength, knowledge and stability that is needed.”
Speaking to the publication, Paul said: “She used to leave notes and letters for me all the time on my desk. She’d say, ‘Whenever I have a thought and you’re not there I have to write it down otherwise I’ll forget.’ She was thinking about her life and the way forward and her sons and her part in the royal family.”
Paul also shared his thoughts on what he thinks Diana would have been like now if she were still alive. He said he doesn’t think “she would hold any animosity at all towards her ex-husband or towards her ex-husband’s wife” King Charles and Queen Camilla.
Paul said he believes Diana “would have gone on in life and achieved her own ambitions, still being royal and regal”.
Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth’s relationship
The interest over Diana and the late queen’s relationship has grown over the years, especially after the late royal’s death.
Although Lady Diana Spencer came from an aristocratic family, she shared many similarities with the monarch. They both dedicated their lives to public duty and were devoted to their families.
However, there were some things they didn’t align on – revealing too many private details. The late queen was famous for dealing with private issues behind palace walls, whereas Diana helped a biographer release a bombshell memoir about her life and spoke to the BBC about Charles and Camilla’s affair.
But, with Diana’s ties to the royals before she married the future king, the late queen did approve of their relationship.
Royal author Ingrid Seward penned in her 2001 book, that while Queen Elizabeth “never directly addressed the question of his marriage, but by nod and nuance, she made it clear she approved of Diana”.
And the former Princess of Wales’ biographer, Andrew Morton, said that they were polite with each other. While they remained formal, their bond was “governed by the fact that she was married to her older son and a future Monarch. In the early days, Diana was quite simply terrified of her mother-in-law. She kept the formal obsequies—dropping a deep curtsy each time they met—but otherwise kept her distance.”
The royal took her role seriously
After spending years in the spotlight representing The Firm, Princess Diana’s letter revealed what she went through as part of the royal family.
This also meant what she predicted for her sons’ futures as well.
Diana passed away before seeing the rift that would take over her sons Prince William and Harry’s lives. While one continued walking towards his future on the throne, another broke away to form his own life.
Her former private secretary Patrick Jephson said she influenced their lives to the point they’d still be learning from their mother, years after her death.
He told People: “If they study Princess Diana’s life carefully – and I hope they often do – William, Harry and their advisers will know that she left them many good examples to follow and also a few important warnings to heed.
“Public affection and the rich rewards of royalty must be earned with self-sacrifice and service.”
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