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Diana's Butler Cops to Lying at Inquest

'I was very naughty,' Burrell confesses on videotape

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(Newser) – Princess Diana's ex-butler threw the $20-million inquest into her death "a few red herrings," "didn't tell the whole truth," and could be facing some quality time in the pokey for his trouble, reports the Sun. The British paper says it uncovered a 3-hour videotape in which Paul Burrell confesses to perjury.

Burrell brags that he didn't reveal crucial details of his conversation with Queen Elizabeth after the accident. “I was very naughty," he says. “Do you honestly think I’ve told everything I know? Of course I haven’t," Burrell says. He also claims he felt Diana's spirit in the courtroom with him as he testified.

Princess Diana's butler and confidant Paul Burrell, right, is driven away in a taxi after giving evidence at the coroner's inquest into the death of the late Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed at the High Court in London, Monday, Jan. 14, 2008. Princess Diana's former butler injected an element of...
Princess Diana's butler and confidant Paul Burrell, right, is driven away in a taxi after giving evidence at the coroner's inquest into the death of the late Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed at the High...   (Associated Press)
Princess Diana's butler and confidant Paul Burrell is silhouetted as he arrives to give evidence at the coroner's inquest into the death of the late Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed at the High Court in London, Tuesday Jan. 15, 2008. Burrell, testifying Monday at a coroner's inquest into her death,...
Princess Diana's butler and confidant Paul Burrell is silhouetted as he arrives to give evidence at the coroner's inquest into the death of the late Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed at the High Court in...   (Associated Press)
Princess Diana's butler and confidant Paul Burrell is driven away in a taxi after giving evidence at the coroner's inquest into the death of the late Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed at the High Court in London, Monday, Jan. 14, 2008. Princess Diana's former butler injected an element of mystery...
Princess Diana's butler and confidant Paul Burrell is driven away in a taxi after giving evidence at the coroner's inquest into the death of the late Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed at the High Court in...   (Associated Press)
Princess Diana's butler and confidant Paul Burrell arrives in a taxi to give evidence at the coroner's inquest into the death of the late Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed at the High Court in London, Tuesday Jan. 15, 2008. Paul Burrell, testifying Monday at a coroner's inquest into her death,...
Princess Diana's butler and confidant Paul Burrell arrives in a taxi to give evidence at the coroner's inquest into the death of the late Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed at the High Court in London, Tuesday...   (Associated Press)
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