The Bald Truth: Princess Diana Butler Lies?
Princess Diana Butler Paul Burrell on Hidden Camera Sting by Brit Tabloid.
By Art Harris, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved
Joran Van der Sloot isn’t the only one caught on tape confessing to something.
Not that Diana’s Butler, Paul Burrell, can be compared to the Aruban slimeball, who claimed to be lying when he confessed to dumping Natalee Holloway’s body in the Carribean. Only thing, he wasn’t under oath, just under the influence of pot’s Purple Haze, purportedly.
But Burrell WAS legally under oath in London when he testified as Diana’s trusted servant at the $20 million inquest into her mindset, life and loves that could prove key in feretting out any dark causes behind the tragic crash in a Paris tunnel that killed her and pal, Dodi Fayed.
His father, Mohammed, owner of Harrad’s and one of the richest men in the kingdom, has been consumed by grief for a decade, fueled with a passion to prove a Royal murder conspiracy to keep Diana from marrying his son, a Muslim.
Whatever secrets her loyal Butler knows, though,he admits he withheld information during his recent inquest testimony, according to a shocking videotape secretly recorded in New York hotel room by Brit reporters for the Sun, posing as businessmen interested in his line of furniture.
“I told the truth as far as I could — but I didn’t tell the whole truth,” Burrel, 49, said on the bombshell tape. He described how he deliberately fudged the facts before Britain’s High Court judge. “Do you honestly think I’ve told everything I know? Of course I haven’t.”
Author of two Diana books, Burrell has been attacked for exploiting his ties to the Royals, and could face perjury charges that could put him behind bars for a decade. Check out the excerpt from the Sun’s three hour tape caught by a hidden camera.
Beyond a father’s suspicions, and I can understand the need to believe the death was more than just another trite drunken driver at the wheel, but from covering the aftermath, investigating the crash, interviewing Dodi’s cousins in Paris, and French EMT’s on the scene, and personally retracing what driver Henri Paul did–and drank–that night, it appears alcohol was the killer.
After the crash, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Paul’s blood registered “a concentration of alcohol at an illicit level,” according to a statement within days of the deaths.
France has set the legal limit of alcohol in a driver’s blood at 0.5 grams per liter of blood. That equals two glasses of beer or one glass of wine. Prosecutors said Paul’s blood-alcohol level was 1.75 grams, more than three times the legal limit, and equal to blowing a .175 under the U.S. system.
I wasn’t surprised to hear that after retracing Paul’s steps that night, first stop a favorite lesbian bar in the neighborhood where he was fondly remembered as a nice guy who liked Pernod and had a couple there before moving on to another nearby bar where I was told he had a couple more. Then it was on to the Ritz, where he would pick up the Princess and her suitor, and enjoy another 2-3 apertifs at the elegant bar in the lobby, staff confided, before climbing behind the wheel for the fateful ride.
February 19th, 2008 at 1:44 am
Any clue as to what information he withheld?
February 19th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Obviously, just another low life trying to make a buck on the dead. If he wouldn’t tell the truth under oath, why would anyone find him believable in an interview, or by reading his books. Time for all those of that sort to just zip it! IMO
February 20th, 2008 at 2:20 am
The “golden hour” is the first hour after an accident. If you can get the patient to a hospital in that first hour you have a very good odds on living. You could have walked to the hospital faster than the Ambulance. In France you have a doctor in the van and I don’t know why he didn’t rush to the hospital. Blunt force trauma can’t be stablized, the patient needs surgery. I think Diana would have lived if she had gotten to the hospital fast enough.
February 20th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
With a BAL that high I’m surprised he could WALK! He must have had a hellatious tolerance for ETOH not to appear visably drunk, since I’m sure had he been slurring words and staggering Dodi would have found another driver!
February 21st, 2008 at 2:06 am
HMMMMM!
February 24th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
I have been keeping up with reading the inquest transcripts from day one and IMO no one that was questioned told the whole truth including the government officials.destroying evidence and when caught saying it was only a memoso it could be destroyed.My heart goes out to Dodie’s father and family along with Princess Diana’s family.IMO this will come out the same as it has in the past an accident.Just because paul had drinks does not say a bright light that was seen could not have made him lose control IMO.Official secreats are just that a way to keep things secreat wether it is our own country or another.I am very sure the butler did know a lot more than he said but if not asked diectly how can that be purgery?I think he is ready to write another book after this is all done and over.
February 25th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Might I suggest that we move on to the present.
Monday, February 25, 2008…already.
A few weeks or a few months to get to the ‘bottom’ is enough already.
Reminds me Jennifer had twins, and they were quite a bodyfull.
Justice moves like a snail in this fast-tracked society.
Gosh, living in the past, yet we’re supposed to be state-of-the-art.
Expediency seems to be a problem, dissolving the past into the future.
How much time goes by before we just let go of it, and by George….
Seems this is old news, which isn’t news, at all.
And the NY Times is a rag sheet, too.
Which everyone would up=date.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Art Harris,
I am sure buttler didn’t say everything he know… All the alcool who was in Paul’s blood was taking during a certain amount of time??? Otherwise how can he drive??? For sure I stay convince Alcool was a part of the accident..But sure it’s all.. not sure..
Remember Duc of Kent on 25 august 1942. He was on a plain with the pilot Commandant Moseley in direction of Islande.
Tey were 11 on that plain. Everybody were kill exept one.
The samething happend to Wladislav Sikoski, ministre of Pologne in exil .They were both menace for England.In 2003 It was proof of murder for both of them in same circonstumance. Acid was on wire of the plain…
February 28th, 2008 at 5:06 am
Might it be possible the Princess was human?
Wonder how much anyone ever thinks that maybe she held some responsibility.
You never know…cocaine sure is expensive.
Seems some think it’s so ‘clean.’
Well, maybe ‘pure’ is a better word.
February 28th, 2008 at 9:16 am
I am sure as Save says no government will let anything come out that would make them look bad Look waht has happened in our owncountry.Lies, deceit.hiding important papers till forced to produce them, taking papers from the whitehouse that should have stayed there etc.Now will England put the butler in prison to keep him quiet?? you tell me?
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I don’t know if Princess Of Wales was human but she was IMO more more human then some ppls.I saw over the years.
As for the drug,IMO maybe some are taking to much ov it that they cant see the reality!!!!
Princess of Wales, was also in certain waz dangerous bz her power,specialz on the case of anti-personnal mines.just an example.so many more influence she ad ,so free she was regarding Buckingam Palace.
Wat I can say,is her boys are really human .Prince Harry just arrived from Afganistan and I am proud of him.
He is beauty cause his mother was a beauty!!!
And for sure he difinilly have the mother[s influence on him
Nice BOY!!
March 4th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Saves you are so right I have been reading about him also and hear he wants to go back when they can send him so it won’t endanger his team mates he is a good guy and you have a right to be proud of both him and what his mother tried to accomplish
April 9th, 2008 at 4:09 am
Maryst:
I was just reading your comment on Diana from August 31, 2007. Of all delayed reactions (on my part!) this one must take the cake. Anyway, you wonder why Diana’s husband did not show her understanding. I think it is the “typical” husband with a good wife at home who goes out looking for women who look like horses (Prince Charles’ current wife) or s—s. Deep down they know they do not deserve any better.