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Palace Intrigue

Aired November 06, 2002 - 08:55   ET

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PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Just days after he was cleared of theft charges, Princess Diana's former butler is telling his side of the tale. Paul Burrell He told his story to a tabloid for about $400,000. The paper is hitting the streets today, but the revelations and the timing is stirring up a lot of controversy.
Let's turn to CNN's Robyn Curnow, who has the very latest for us now. Good morning, Robyn.

ROBYN CURNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The butler is indeed telling his story for the first time. The exclusive of interview in the tabloid's daily, "The Daily Mirror," hits the newsstands in London this morning, and mostly it was focusing on a meeting he had with the queen just months after Diana's death in 1997. In this meeting, the queen apparently warned her former footman and Diana's former butler that he must be careful, he must be careful, Paul, her majesty said, nobody has been closer to a member of my family than you were to Diana, there are powers of work in this country about which we have no knowledge; a warning to Paul to be vigilant because he was so close to Diana, from the queen herself.

ZAHN: What else did he spill?

CURNOW: This is more a case of setting the record straight, rather than, say, spilling the beans. They're not really salacious tidbits, because he has been very keen to portray himself as a very loyal member of the royal household here, a very close confidant of Diana. he doesn't want to be seen to be portraying all sorts of secrets. However, the other tabloids in Britain are having a field day. They say he has betrayed Diana and the royal family by selling his story to a tabloid. They might be jealous because they didn't get this exclusive story, but there are allegations that he has told us. Either way, the British public are reading it and lapping it up.

ZAHN: Thank you so much, Robyn Curnow.

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Aired November 6, 2002 - 08:55   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Just days after he was cleared of theft charges, Princess Diana's former butler is telling his side of the tale. Paul Burrell He told his story to a tabloid for about $400,000. The paper is hitting the streets today, but the revelations and the timing is stirring up a lot of controversy.
Let's turn to CNN's Robyn Curnow, who has the very latest for us now. Good morning, Robyn.

ROBYN CURNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The butler is indeed telling his story for the first time. The exclusive of interview in the tabloid's daily, "The Daily Mirror," hits the newsstands in London this morning, and mostly it was focusing on a meeting he had with the queen just months after Diana's death in 1997. In this meeting, the queen apparently warned her former footman and Diana's former butler that he must be careful, he must be careful, Paul, her majesty said, nobody has been closer to a member of my family than you were to Diana, there are powers of work in this country about which we have no knowledge; a warning to Paul to be vigilant because he was so close to Diana, from the queen herself.

ZAHN: What else did he spill?

CURNOW: This is more a case of setting the record straight, rather than, say, spilling the beans. They're not really salacious tidbits, because he has been very keen to portray himself as a very loyal member of the royal household here, a very close confidant of Diana. he doesn't want to be seen to be portraying all sorts of secrets. However, the other tabloids in Britain are having a field day. They say he has betrayed Diana and the royal family by selling his story to a tabloid. They might be jealous because they didn't get this exclusive story, but there are allegations that he has told us. Either way, the British public are reading it and lapping it up.

ZAHN: Thank you so much, Robyn Curnow.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com